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Alaska Dist. Ct. R. Civ. P. 4
Assignment and Hearing of Cases— Calendars
(a) The assignment and calendaring of cases in the
district court shall be as set forth in Civil Rule 40(a), or by
such procedures established by the presiding judge as will
cause all cases to be regularly reviewed for placement on the
trial calendar for dismissal for want of prosecution, or other
appropriate disposition.
(b) [Applicable to cases filed on or after August 7,
1997.] In a civil action for personal injury or property damage,
unless otherwise permitted by order of the court in exceptional
cases and for good cause shown, all parties shall file a
memorandum to set the case for trial, as set out in Civil Rule
40(b), no later than 180 days after service of the complaint on
all parties to the case. The memorandum shall contain a
certification that each party has exchanged the information
described in Civil Rule 26(a) and may state their separate
positions if they do not agree concerning information or
estimates to be provided in the memorandum. After the court
satisfies itself that the information described in Civil Rule
26(a) has been disclosed, the court shall set the case for trial as
soon as practicable, but no sooner than 30 days after the court
makes the determination regarding disclosure.
History
(Amended by SCO 838 effective August 1, 1987; and by SCO 1281 effective August 7, 1997) Note to SCO 1281: Paragraph (b) of District Court Civil Rule 4 was added by ch. 26, § 45, SLA 1997. According to § 55 of the Act, the amendment to District Court Civil Rule 4 applies ‘to all causes of action accruing on or after the effective date of this Act.” The amendment to District Court Civil Rule 4 adopted by paragraph 13 of this order applies to all cases filed on or after August 7, 1997. See paragraph 17 of this order. The change is adopted for the sole reason that the legislature has mandated the amendment.
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