Grays Harbor County Superior Court

		
		
                                                    RULE 16.
                                  PRETRIAL PROCEDURE AND FORMULATING ISSUES

    (b)  Pretrial Order.

    (1)  Settlement Conference.  The Court may order a settlement conference in any civil case.  The parties or
the attorneys who will be in charge of each party's case shall attend personally and shall be prepared to discuss
in detail and in good faith the issues of fact and law remaining, the evidence pertaining to liability and damages
and the respective positions of the parties on settlement.  The attorneys shall be accompanied by their clients or
representatives possessing authority to settle unless excused by the Judge.  The proceedings of the settlement
conference shall be privileged and not recorded.  If a settlement is not reached, the settlement Judge shall not
make any order or preside at that trial on the merits without consent of all parties.

    (2)  Pretrial Conference.  In all civil cases the Court may order a pretrial conference on its own motion or
that of any party.  The order for a pretrial conference should specify the duties of the parties prior to the
conference, whether attendance by the parties is mandatory, the information to be submitted prior to the conference,
and items to be discussed at the conference.

    (3)  Scheduling Orders.  If no agreed scheduling order is filed within sixty days after the trial date is
assigned, the Court Administrator, under the supervision of the Court, may set a scheduling order for the case.
The scheduling order should include dates for the disclosure of primary witnesses and rebuttal witnesses. Other
provisions may be required on a case by case basis.  This pretrial schedule may be amended in writing by the mutual
agreement of the parties only upon approval of the Court.

    (i)  Disclosure of Primary Witnesses.  The date by which each party shall have disclosed all persons with relevant
factual or expert knowledge whom the party intends to call at trial.

    (ii)  Disclosure of Rebuttal Witnesses.  The date by which each party shall have disclosed all persons whose
knowledge did not appear relevant until the primary witnesses were disclosed and whom the party reserves the option
to call as witnesses at trial.

    (iii)  Scope of Disclosure.  Disclosure of witnesses under this rule shall include the witnesses name, address,
and phone number, along with a brief description of the witnesses relevant knowledge. Disclosure of expert witnesses
shall also include a summary of the expert's opinions and the basis therefore and a brief description of the expert's
qualifications.

    (iv)  Exclusion of Testimony.  Any person not disclosed in compliance with this rule and a scheduling order may
not be called to testify at trial, unless the Court orders otherwise for good cause and subject to such conditions
as justice requires.

    (v)  Discovery not Limited.  This rule does not modify a party's responsibility to seasonably supplement responses
to discovery requests or otherwise to comply with discovery by the deadlines set by a scheduling order.