Rule BCR 2.2 - Excluded DisputesA Civil Case shall not be assigned to the Business Court Docket if the Gravamen of the case relates to any of the following:
a. Sales or construction of a residence;b. Professional services other than those described above in BCR 2.1;c. Insurance coverage relating to a Personal Injury Dispute or a claim for wrongful death or property damage for non-business property owned or possessed by a natural person;d. Individual Consumer disputes, including claims for breach of warranty and breach of contract, product liability claims and claims arising under the consumer protection laws;e. Consumer class actions that do not qualify as Complex Consumer Class Actions;f. An action brought by the Attorney General under the consumer protection laws alleging unfair, false, misleading, or deceptive acts or practices;g. Personal Injury Disputes and wrongful death claims filed individually or as class actions;h. Disputes involving wages or hours, occupational health or safety, workers' compensation or unemployment compensation; i. Environmental disputes, except as described in BCR 2.1 above;j. Eminent domain disputes;k. Employee/employer disputes, except where pendent or incidental to the matters described in BCR 2.1 above;l. Administrative agency, tax, zoning and other appeals;m. Individual residential real estate and non-commercial landlord/tenant disputes, including foreclosure actions;n. Actions to collect professional fees not otherwise identified as eligible for assignment under BCR 2.1;o. Except as to the enforcement of a judgment of the Business Court Docket, proceedings to enforce a judgment regardless of the nature of the underlying case;p. Actions by insurers to collect premiums or rescind policies;q. Actions to collect Consumer contracts, accounts, debts, and loans; andr. Any matter required by statute or other law to be heard in some other court.Jeff. Cnty. Busi. Ct. Doc. R. Prac. BCR 2.2
Adopted by order 2019-13, eff. 1/1/2020.