Title 9, Chapter 11, Section 16
( 9-11-16)
(a) Upon the motion of any party, or upon its own motion, the court
shall direct the attorneys for the parties to appear before it for a
conference to consider: (1) The simplification of the issues; (2) The necessity or desirability of amendments to the pleadings; (3) The possibility of obtaining admissions of fact and of
documents which will avoid unnecessary proof; (4) The limitation of the number of expert witnesses; and (5) Such other matters as may aid in the disposition of the
action. (b) The court shall make an order which recites the action taken at
the conference and the agreements made by the parties as to any of
the matters considered and which limits the issues for trial to
those not disposed of by admissions or agreements of counsel. The
order, when entered, controls the subsequent course of the action
unless modified at the trial to prevent manifest injustice. The
court, in its discretion, may establish by rule a pretrial calendar
on which actions may be placed for consideration as provided in
subsection (a) of this Code section and may either confine the
calendar to jury actions or to nonjury actions or extend it to all
actions. |