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Rule 701 Assignment of civil jury cases

Baldwin's Kentucky Revised Statutes Annotated11th Judicial Circuit - Green, Marion, Taylor and Washington Circuit Court

Baldwin's Kentucky Revised Statutes Annotated
11th Judicial Circuit - Green, Marion, Taylor and Washington Circuit Court
Rule7. General Civil
KY GMTW Rule 701
Rule 701 Assignment of civil jury cases
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A. Civil jury trial dates shall be assigned at a pretrial conference after the parties have substantially completed discovery and filed a pretrial memorandum in accordance with Rule 702 herein.
B. A party desiring assignment of a civil jury trial date shall confer with all other counsel and tender a proposed scheduling order to complete discovery, exchange witness lists, and file the pretrial memoranda set out in Rule 702 prior to a Pretrial Conference date set out in the proposed order.
C. A trial date will be assigned at the pretrial conference that will have priority over any other matter scheduled for that date.
D. The attorney attending the pre-trial conference shall be familiar with the case and shall be prepared and authorized to make such arguments, stipulations, and decisions as may be required.
E. All motions in limine are to be filed prior to the pre-trial conference and will be heard at the pre-trial conference.
F. Except for good cause shown, before a case is heard at the pre-trial conference, the parties shall:
1. Ensure that the pleadings are completed and the issues identified;
2. Have scheduled or completed discovery;
3. Submit written instructions incorporating the parties' understanding of the issues and the law;
4. Be prepared to stipulate the admissibility of documents or other evidence and to withdraw allegations or defenses if same can be done without prejudice to the presentation of the case;
5. In tort actions involving personal injury, be prepared to exchange such medical reports and copies of medical bills or evidence of special damages as are subject to discovery under the Rules of Civil Procedure; and
6. Comply with the Pre-Trial Statement Requirements set out in Rule 702.
G. If a pre-trial order is not entered at the time of the Pre-Trial Conference, the attorneys shall be responsible for preparation and submission of a pretrial order, incorporating the Court's ruling, agreements or stipulations of the parties, and any matter designated by the Court, not later than ten days following the pre-trial conference. The Court may require the parties to submit a trial brief consisting of a short memorandum of the facts and law on which they will rely, and fix the time for filing such briefs in the pre-trial order.

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HISTORY: Adopted effective December 7, 2011.
Green, Marion, Taylor and washington Circuit Court Rule 701, KY R GREEN CIR CT Rule 701
Current with amendments received through November 15, 2023. Some rules may be more current, see credits for details.
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