MATTERS SUBJECT TO ARBITRATION

(A) All tort cases having a probable jury award value, not reduced by the issue of liability and not in excess of One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00), exclusive of interest and costs, may be accepted into the Program at the discretion of the Judicial Arbitration Commission. (B) Any other civil case, regardless of the monetary value or the amount in controversy, may be submitted to the Program upon the agreement of all parties and the approval of the Arbitration Judge. (C) Parties to cases submitted or ordered to the Program may agree at any time to be bound by any arbitration ruling or award. (D) The Arbitration Judge may accept into, or remove from, the Program any action where good cause for acceptance or removal is found. The Court's decision in this regard is non-reviewable. (Amended April 16, 1987, effective May 1, 1987; further amended effective March 20, 1997.)