provisions: NY-SC-1JD-SCHUMACHER-P23-SBT-001
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| 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 |