Rule 1308 - Arbitration AppealsAppeal. Arbitrator's Compensation. Notice
(a) Appeals from an award of a Board of Arbitrators shall be in conformity with Pa. R. Civ. P. 1308.(b) The Blair County Court of Common Pleas will establish the amount of compensation for arbitrators by Court Order. The members of the panel shall not be entitled to receive their fees until after filing the award with Court Administration.(c) Attorneys of record or parties who have no attorney shall be notified of the award of the Board of Arbitrators by the Prothonotary, in conformity with Pa.R.Civ.P. 1307.(d) A party appealing an Arbitration Award, shall pay to the Prothonotary an Arbitration Appeal Fee of four hundred dollars ($400.00), unless the arbitration hearing lasted four and one-half (4 1/2) hours or more, in which case the Arbitration Appeal Fee shall be six hundred and twenty-four dollars ($625.00). Such fee must be paid at the time of filing the appeal in order to perfect such appeal. An appeal from the Arbitration Award does not, in any way, relieve any party of any duty to pay any applicable Costs or Fees under B.C. L.R. 1303 et. al. There shall be no reimbursement of the Arbitration Appeal Fees to the appealing party, even if the final decision entered after the appeal differs from the Award of Arbitrators.(e) In all other respects not clarified or established herein, the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure for Compulsory Arbitration (1301 et seq.) shall be applicable.