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Rule 7 Pre-trial practice

Baldwin's Kentucky Revised Statutes Annotated4th Judicial Circuit - Hopkins Circuit Court

Baldwin's Kentucky Revised Statutes Annotated
4th Judicial Circuit - Hopkins Circuit Court
KY RHCC Rule 7
Rule 7 Pre-trial practice
A. Civil Cases.
1. The Court, upon the motion of any party or upon its own motion, may enter a scheduling order at any time during the pendency of any action.
2. At the pretrial conference counsel shall deliver to the Court and to opposing counsel proposed jury instructions in jury cases; shall disclose the identity of all trial witnesses; and, shall be prepared to bring to the attention of the Court, significant evidentiary or procedural issues which are likely to arise during the trial. At the conclusion of all discovery either party may move the Court to schedule a final pretrial conference.
3. The order scheduling a final pretrial conference will require the parties to file trial briefs containing at least: 1) a succinct statement of the kind of action 2) a clear statement of the issues involved 3) a summary of the factual situation in regard to each claim or defense 4) an itemized list of the claimed special damages 5) a list of all exhibits and charts which may be used at trial 6) a list of names and addresses of all witnesses who may testify and a brief summary of their testimony; a list of all exhibits, documents, charts, etc., intended to be introduced as evidence at trial; and a list of all stipulations attorneys believe can be agreed upon prior to trial 7) a statement of the principles of law involved in the case, supported by the citation of the appropriate authority and 8) requests for instructions subject to right of counsel to supplement such as may be required during trial, in the event the case is to be tried by a jury.
B. Criminal Cases.
Criminal cases may be assigned for pretrial conference on the motion of the Commonwealth or of the Defendant or on the Court's own motion.
C. All Cases.
The Attorney who has the responsibility for the trial of a case, or some attorney designated by him or her and fully acquainted with the case and authorized completely to act in his or her absence, is expected to attend the pretrial conference.

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HISTORY: Amended effective July 23, 1991; March 1, 2013.
Hopkins Circuit Court Rule 7, KY R HOPKINS CIR CT Rule 7
Current with amendments received through November 15, 2023. Some rules may be more current, see credits for details.
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