PA · rules
Lehigh Cnty. C.P. Civil Court Local Rules Rule 220
Jury Size in Civil Trials
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), juries in civil cases may, at the discretion
of the trial judge, consist of as few as eight members. Trials in such cases shall
continue so long as at least six jurors remain in service. If the number of jurors
falls below six, a mistrial shall be declared upon prompt application therefor by
any party then of record.
(b) When a jury trial has been demanded pursuant to Pa. R.C.P. 1007.1, a trial by a
jury consisting of twelve members may be had if written demand therefor is filed
with the court on any pleading or as a part of the original pre-trial statement. Such
demand may appear on the pre-trial memorandum form under the heading
“miscellaneous.”
(c) Regardless of jury size, each party shall be entitled as a matter of right to four
peremptory challenges, except that in cases involving multiple plaintiffs and/or
multiple defendants, the trial court shall, in its discretion, determine the number of
peremptory challenges available to each of the parties then of record.
Provenance
- Source
- www.lccpa.org
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-30
- Edition
- 2026-09-30
- Content hash
215e6b19b9225dbfd958809ca2b5a40fbbbfb5636c3ccfb88919edabd62478c3
The link goes to the issuing authority’s own document — the one we read to produce this record. Where a source publishes whole titles rather than sections, your browser may need a moment to jump to the provision.
Unofficial copy of government-published law, reproduced from official sources with full provenance. Not an official publication; verify against official sources before relying on it in a filing. Records in the 'guidance' corpus, and only that corpus, are sub-regulatory (interpretive guidelines, survey procedures) and are not binding law. Validity bounds follow each jurisdiction's declared temporalBasis.