Under Article 5 of the 1976 Rules, if the parties have not agreed that there shall be only one arbitrator within 15 days after the receipt by the respondent of the notice of arbitration, three arbitrators will be appointed.
Arbitration Limits (a) All cases, except those involving title to real estate, shall be referred for hearing before and decision by a Board of Arbitrators, when the amount in controversy, exclusive of interest and costs, is $50,000 or less.
A claimant will typically start arbitration by sending a document known as a “request for arbitration” or a “notice to arbitrate” to its opponent.
The jurisdictional limits of compulsory arbitration in the Pennsylvania state courts vary considerably with, for example, all cases involving up to $50,000 being referred to arbitration in Philadelphia, Montgomery, Lehigh, Bucks, and Lancaster Counties, whereas the limit is set at $35,000 in Dauphin County, $30,000 in ...
To file an appeal on an arbitration award, you must file a Notice of Appeal. You must file an original, and a copy. Include a copy and a stamped self-addressed envelope for each opposing counsel.
Capacity to Consent to Arbitration. 3.03 Capacity relates to the ability of a person or a legal entity to conclude and be party to an arbitration agreement and embraces both the capacity to have rights and the capacity to exercise rights, be it alone or through legal representatives (in the case of legal entities).
An orderly presentation of one's own witnesses, with an outline of the case at hand to make certain that every point is made in the right order, and perhaps a summary of the case presented to the arbitrator in typewritten form to make doubly certain that nothing is forgotten when the time comes to write the decision, ...