New London/Norwich JD - Jury Standing Orders

Civil Jury Trial Management Order

Counsel and pro se parties in this matter are ordered to attend a trial management conference before the undersigned judge in the New London Judicial District Courthouse, 70 Huntington Street, New London, on ___________________ at ______________.

Jury Selection in this matter will commence in the New London Judicial District Courthouse at 10:00 A.M. on ___________________. Please report to the caseflow office at 9:45 A.M. on the day of jury selection. At the commencement of the conference, counsel and pro se parties are to file with the court on pleading paper a joint trial management conference report signed by all counsel and pro se parties providing the following information:

1. A joint non-argumentative description of the case suitable for reading to the jury panel, including the names and places of residence of the parties and the date, place, and nature of the incident in issue. The description must contain no more than seventy-five (75) words.
2. A joint list of issues which are in dispute.
3. A joint list of pending motions, pending requests for discovery, and proposed motions in limine.
4. A list of exhibits reasonably expected to be introduced by each party indexed by ‘P’ plus number for plaintiff(s) and by ‘D’ plus number for defendant(s). The list shall briefly describe each exhibit and indicate whether any party objects to the admission of such exhibit and the grounds for such objection. After the trial management conference and prior to the conference with the trial judge, all exhibits listed must be marked with a court clerk as full exhibits or for identification.
5. A list of all witnesses reasonably expected to be called by each party, the sequence in which they will be called including the name and the relationship of each witness to the case (e.g. party, eyewitness, expert). The list should also include scheduling problems, if any, as to the testimony of all witnesses. Rebuttal witnesses, i.e., those whose testimony is meant to rehabilitate, explain, qualify, negate or contradict that which has been presented during the defendant’s case need not be listed by the plaintiff. Likewise, the defendant need not list surrebuttal witnesses, i.e., whose testimony is meant to refute the plaintiff’s rebuttal evidence.
6. A joint estimate of the days required for jury selection and the days required for trial.

All exhibits must be premarked before jury selection is concluded unless otherwise order by the court. Failure to comply with this order may result in a judgment of non-suit, default, exclusion of exhibits and/or witnesses at trial or other sanctions.

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Devine, J., P.J.

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