THE COURTS
Title 255--LOCAL COURT RULES
CARBON COUNTY
Amendment of Local Rules L1308 (1) Relating to Compensation and Appeal; No. 01-0180
[31 Pa.B. 638]
Administrative Order No. 11-2001 And Now, this 22nd day of January, 2001, it is hereby Ordered, Adjudged, and Decreed effective thirty (30) days after publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin, that the Carbon County Court of Common Pleas hereby Amends the Local Rule of Civil Procedure L1308(1) to apply arbitration hearings, which are initially scheduled on or after March 1, 2001, as follows:
(1) Each member of the board of arbitrators who has signed the award shall receive as compensation for services a fee of $125.00 for all cases involving three (3) hours or less, plus $25.00 for each hour over three (3) hours hearing time. (Awards in companion cases heard together count as one award for purposes of this Rule). In cases requiring hearings of unusual duration or involving questions of unusual complexity, the Court on petition of the members of the board and for cause shown, may allow additional compensation. In cases where an award is to be entered by the arbitrators pursuant to an agreement of settlement before the hearing, each member of the board shall receive as compensation $75.00.
The Carbon County District Court Administrator is Ordered and Directed to do the following:
1. File seven (7) certified copies of this Administrative Order with the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts.
2. File two (2) certified copies and one (1) diskette with the Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
3. File one (1) certified copy with the Civil Procedural Rules Committee.
4. Forward one (1) copy for publication in the Carbon County Law Journal.
5. Forward one (1) copy to the Carbon County Law Library.
6. Keep continuously available for public inspection copies of the Order in the Prothonotary's Office.
By the Court
JOHN P. LAVELLE,
President JudgeRule L1308. Compensation and Appeal.
(1) Each member of the board of arbitrators who has signed the award shall receive as compensation for services a fee of $125.00 for all cases involving (3) hours or less, plus $25.00 for each hour over three (3) hours hearing time. (Awards in companion cases heard together count as one award for purposes of this Rule). In cases requiring hearings of unusual duration or involving questions of unusual complexity, the Court on petition of the members of the board and for cause shown, may allow additional compensation. In cases where an award is to be entered by the arbitrators pursuant to an agreement of settlement before the hearing, each member of the board shall receive as compensation $75.00.
(2) Appellant's counsel shall provide a copy of the Notice of Appeal from the Award of the Board of Arbitrators to the Court Calendar Officer. An appeal duly taken from the Award of the Board of Arbitrators shall be automatically placed on the next available Pre-Trial List by the Court Calendar Officer, upon receipt of the copy of the Notice of Appeal.
(3) Within ten (10) days of the filing of such appeal, a pre-trial memorandum shall be lodged by the Appellant, and Appellant shall deliver a copy to opposing counsel immediately thereafter. Within twenty (20) days after receipt of such copy of the pre-trial memorandum, opposing counsel shall lodge with the Prothonotary a pre-trial memorandum and deliver a copy to Appellant.
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 01-170. Filed for public inspection February 2, 2001, 9:00 a.m.]
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