Hearing. Notice. (a) (1) The procedure for fixing the date, time and place of hearing before a board of arbitrators shall be prescribed by local rule, provided that not less than thirty days' notice in writing shall be given to the parties or their attorneys of record.
Rule 1301 - Compulsory Arbitration: Cases Covered (a) Any civil action where the amount in controversy is Fifty Thousand ($50,000) Dollars or less and title to real estate is not involved, shall be submitted to compulsory arbitration pursuant to 7361 of the Judicial Code, 42 Pa. C.S.
Rule 1066 - Form of Judgment or Order (a) The court shall grant appropriate relief upon affidavit that a complaint containing a notice to defend has been served and that the defendant has not filed an answer, or after a hearing or trial on the pleadings or merits.
Briefs or memoranda of law shall be typewritten, printed or otherwise duplicated, and endorsed with the name of the case, the court term and number, and the name, address, and electronic mail address of the attorney or the party if not represented by an attorney.
(c) Motion. A motion for summary judgment must contain only a concise statement of the relief requested and the reasons for granting that relief. The motion should not include any recitation of the facts and should not exceed two pages in length. (d) Statement of undisputed material facts.
Rule 1038 - Trial Without Jury (A) The trial of actions at law, other than for personal injuries or damage to property, by a judge, sitting without a jury, shall be conducted, as nearly as may be, as are trials by jury, and the parties shall have like rights and privileges, including the right to suffer or move for ...
All civil suits or actions and landlord tenant disputes, where the amount in controversy is $50,000.00 or less, when at issue, shall first be submitted to arbitration.
Philadelphia Civil Rule 1303(c) sets forth the procedures to be followed for continuances of arbitration cases in both non-emergency and emergency situations.
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