(a) Unless the trial judge shall otherwise grant leave, only one attorney may sum
up for any party.
(b) In actions which involve no third-party action, if evidence has been admitted
on offer by both sides, the plaintiff’s attorney shall first sum up, stating
explicitly upon what the plaintiff relies. The defendant's attorney shall next
sum up as the nature of defendant's defense may require. The plaintiff’s
attorney may then reply, restricting himself or herself to rebuttal without
assertion of any new ground on plaintiff’s behalf.
In like actions, if no evidence has been admitted on offer of any defendant,
the same order of summation shall prevail, except that plaintiff’s attorney
shall not reply.
(c) In actions involving more than one plaintiff, defendant, or third-party
defendant, if the attorneys are unable to agree, the trial judge shall determine
the order of speaking, inter se, of attorneys for plaintiffs, defendants, and
third-party defendants.
LOCAL RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE P A G E - 30
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PA
