provision_id,doc_id,judge_id,rule_number,title,text,source_page,topics,cross_references,judicial_district,county,court_type,doc_type
NY-SC-1JD-SCHUMACHER-P23-SBT-001,31,NY-SC-1JD-SCHUMACHER-P23-SBT,VII,Summary Bench Trials,"A. All parties wishing to participate in a voluntary summary bench trial (SBT) before this court agree to be and are bound by the following terms:
1. An SBT is a binding one-day bench trial with relaxed rules of evidence;
2. All parties agree that they are ready to proceed to trial and that such trial is a final adjudication of all issues in the action on the merits;
3. All parties shall appear in the courtroom promptly at 9:30 a.m. on the assigned date and all witnesses shall be available to proceed when called;
4. All parties agree on documents in evidence and shall jointly submit them, pre-marked, to the court in electronic format at least one week in advance of the SBT;
5. Any party may submit a confidential bench brief of up to five pages to the court at least one week in advance of the SBT;
6. Opening and closing statements are waivable, else limited to ten minutes per party for each;
7. Each party may directly examine an unlimited number of witnesses for up to a total of 1.75 hours; all parties' direct examinations shall not exceed a total of 3.5 hours;
8. Cross examination of all parties' witnesses shall not exceed a total of two hours;
9. All parties agree to be bound by any high-low parameter indicated, which cannot exceed any applicable insurance policy limits;
10. All parties stipulate that there are no motions pending, that no further motions will be made as to the SBT.",1,"[""trial-procedures"", ""scheduling-orders"", ""exhibits""]",[],1,New York,supreme,part_rules_supplement