As amended through February 1, 2024
Rule 212.3 - CASES CERTIFIED FOR TRIAL(a) All cases certified by the pre-trial Judge for trial shall be consolidated by the Court Administrator in a trial list according to the record age of the cases, giving priority to those cases as required by law or special Order of Court.(b) At least 2 weeks before the first day of the next civil jury trials, the Court Administrator shall post the trial list in his office and in the office of the Prothonotary and shall also mail a copy of the trial list to each counsel, whose names appear on the certificate of readiness, for the cases listed.(c) There shall be no call of the civil jury trial list. In the event of a settlement or discontinuance, counsel for plaintiff shall promptly notify the assigned judge. Continuances shall be granted only by the assigned judge and only for good cause shown.(d) Paternity cases will be called for trial at the discretion of the Judge to whom such cases are assigned.(e) Any attorney who appears as trial counsel in more than 2 cases on any civil trial list shall within 5 days after the list is posted identify to the Court Administrator which 2 trials he/she will try and the name and address of the associate counsel who will try the remaining cases. Trial counsel shall contemporaneously also notify opposing counsel. Upon failure of counsel to timely designate associate counsel as required, the Court Administrator shall strike from the trial list all of that trial counsel's cases except those 2 commenced earlier than the others.Amended effective 3/1/2021; revised 2/23/2022; amended effective 2/1/2024.