Rule 23 - Procedures at Trial De Novo(A) The clerk shall seal any arbitration award if a trial de novo is requested. The jury will not be informed of the arbitration proceeding, the award, or about any other aspect of the arbitration proceeding. The sealed arbitration award shall not be opened until after the verdict is received and filed in a jury trial, or until after the judge has rendered a decision in a court trial.(B) All discovery permitted during the course of the arbitration proceedings shall be admissible in the trial de novo subject to all applicable rules of civil procedure and evidence. The court in the trial de novo shall insure that any reference to the arbitration proceeding is omitted from any discovery taken therein and sought to be introduced at the trial de novo.(C) No statements or testimony made in the course of the arbitration hearing shall be admissible in evidence for any purpose in the trial de novo.