Rule 308 - Trial Sessions, Trial Lists And Continuances(a)Jury Trial Sessions. A jury trial session shall be held each month except in July, August, and December. The exact time of the month that the jury trial session will be held shall be established in the annual court calendar.2(b)Certificate of Readiness for Trial. To place a case on the trial list, counsel for one or more of the parties in the case shall file a Certificate of Readiness in the form hereinafter provided and available at the prothonotary's office. The party placing a case on the trial list shall forthwith serve a copy of the Certificate of Readiness upon all other counsel of record, who, if for any reason oppose such certification, shall within ten (10) days thereafter file their reasons opposing the Certificate of Readiness for trial.(c) Prothonotary's Active Trial List. When a case has been certified as ready for trial, the prothonotary shall place the case upon the Prothonotary's Active Trial List, and on the last Monday of each month, except May, June and October, shall deliver to the court administrator a copy of the current active trial list together with all record papers for each case on said list.(d)Pre-Trial Conference. Upon receipt of the Prothonotary's Trial List the court administrator shall schedule a pre-trial conference to be held on each case on the trial list. Said conference shall be held in the manner provided by Local Rule L212.(e)Trial Session List. Upon completion of the pre-trial conferences the court administrator shall prepare and deliver to all counsel of record and unrepresented parties a Trial Session List which shall show the cases that will be called for jury selection and the date and time counsel are to be on hand to select juries. Such notice shall also set forth the dates when non-jury cases will be tried.(f)Continuances.(1) A case that has been properly certified as ready for trial and is in all other respects ready for trial may, nevertheless, be continued one time by agreement of counsel without court approval and without the case losing its position on the active trial list.(2) No continuance by agreement of counsel will thereafter be permitted without the written consent of the parties litigant and approval of the court. Whenever any such continuance occurs, the position the case will thereafter have on the trial list shall be determined by the court administrator.(3) If a case is continued upon the motion of one party litigant for good cause shown, the position that case shall thereafter have on the trial list will be determined by the court administrator.(4) If a case is continued for the purpose of enabling discovery to take place, it shall be removed from the active trial list. Click here to view image
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COUNSEL WHO WILL ACTUALLY TRY THE CASE
FOR THE PLAINTIFF | | TELEPHONE NUMBER |
FOR THE DEFENDANT | | TELEPHONE NUMBER |
FOR ADDITIONAL DEFENDANT | | TELEPHONE NUMBER |
2 Since this Rule was last amended, Jefferson County has begun holding jury trial sessions in July.
Adopted Jan. 1, 1985, effective 4/1/1985.