Warren-Forest Court of Common Pleas Thirty Seventh Judicial District
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

A. Compulsory arbitration of matters as authorized by Section 7631 of the Judicial Code, 42 Pa. C.S. § 101, et. seq. shall apply to all cases at issue where the amount in controversy shall be fity thousand dollars ($50,000.00) or less.

The amount in controversy shall be determined from the pleadings or by an agreement of reference filed by the attorneys. The amount in controversy, when determined from the pleadings, shall be the largest amount claimed by any one party.

In the event that a case within arbitration limits is consolidated with a case involving more than arbitration limits after the former has been referred to a board of arbitrators, the order of consolidation will remove the same from the jurisdiction of the board of arbitrators.

B. A civil action will be referred to arbitration 20 days after the filing with the prothonotary and the court administrator of a praecipe signed by either party or its counsel indicating the matter is ready for arbitration. If the other party objects to the filing, that party shall, within the 20 days, file a motion requesting delay in the appointment of arbitrators pending completion of the pre-trial discovery and filings. The objection shall specifically indicate the matters that must be preliminarily resolved and shall propose a timetable for their completion.