SCRCP 76

(a) Arbitration Panels. Resident circuit judges, by order of reference, shall designate attorneys to

constitute a panel of arbitrators for automobile reparation actions under the South Carolina

Automobile Reparation Reform Act of 1974. To insure a sufficient number of arbitrators in each county,

more particularly those counties with fewer attorneys, a panel of arbitrators for each county shall

consist of all attorneys in good standing, duly admitted to practice law and actively engaged in the

practice of law in the State whose principal offices now or hereafter are located within the judicial

circuit of which such county is a part.

(b) Depositions in Arbitration. The procedure for the taking of depositions in arbitration actions shall

be the same as set forth in Rules 26 through 32. The monetary limitation for the taking of depositions

under the provisions of Rule 30(a)(2) shall not be applicable in the taking of depositions in arbitration

proceedings.

(c) Arbitration Docket. The arbitration docket required by the Act to be maintained by the clerks of

court shall be on a form specified by the Director, South Carolina Court Administration, and the claims

submitted to arbitration shall be assigned a case file number using a numbering system similar to that

set forth in "Instructions for Filing, Indexing, Numbering and Preserving Records within the Judicial

System of South Carolina," issued by the Office of South Carolina Court Administration.

Note:

This Rule 76 is added to preserve Circuit Court Rule 91, changed only to reflect

reference to new Rule numbers in these Rules.