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Philadelphia Cnty. C.P. Municipal Court-Civil Rule 121

Conduct of Trial: Evidence

activein force · 2018-01-02 – presentact-effective-date

a. Except as prescribed by this Rule, the Rules of Evidence shall be applied in all trials.

b. If at least ten (10) days written notice of intention to offer the following documents in evidence

was given to every other party, accompanied by a copy of the docu ment, a party may offer in

evidence without further proof the following:

1. bills, records and reports of hospitals, doctors, dentists, registered nurses, licensed practical

nurses and physical therapists, or other licensed health care providers;

2. bills for drugs, medical appliances, and prostheses;

3. affidavit of repair, estimate of value, bills for damage to, cost of repair or loss of property;

4. a report of the rate of earnings and time lost from work or lost compensation prepared by an

employer;

5. an official weather or traffic signal report or standard U.S. government life expectancy table

(without the certification required by 42 Pa. C.S. §5328, 6102);

6. any other official record kept within Commonwealth or written stat ement that after

examination of the records of the government unit, no record or entry of specified tenor is

found to exist in the records designated by the statement;

7. a bill, estimate, receipt, statement of account or other records which appear to ha ve been

made in the regular course of business.

c. Any other party may subpoena a person whose testimony is waived by this Rule to appear at the

trial and may cross-examine him as to the documents as if he were a witness for the party offering

the document.

Note: Amended by the Board of Judges May 9, 1986, effective immediately.

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