Fayette Cnty. C.P. Local Rules and Administrative Orders - Amended March 12,... Rule 212.3

a) When a case is scheduled for pre-trial conference, it shall not be continued

except for just cause and upon order of the pre-trial judge.

b) The pre-trial conference shall be attended by the attorney who will try the

case, or by an attorney who is fully prepared and authorized as to all matters

which may reasonably be expected to arise during the conference.

c) Parties must also be present, except when the real party in interest is an

insurance company, a common carrier, corporation or other artificial legal

entity, in which instance a representative thereof, other than the attorney,

must be present with full authority and power to discuss and settle the case.

d) The Court shall encourage the amicable settlement of the controversy and the

parties and their attorneys shall be prepared to discuss settlement.

e) The judge presiding at the pre-trial conference shall refer to arbitration all

cases where the amount in controversy is found not to exceed the

jurisdictional limits of arbitration except where title to lands or tenements may

come in question.

f) If there is not an amicable settlement of the controversy at the pre-trial

conference, then the pre-trial judge shall issue a pre-trial adjudication which

shall, in the discretion of the judge, control the subsequent course of the

action.

NOTE: Adopted January 26, 2010, effective March 15, 2010. Amended

August 30, 2016, effective October 16, 2016.