Local Rule Rule 48.1: IMPANELING A JURY

Rule 48.1 IMPANELING A JURY Unless the Court otherwise specifically directs, jurors in a civil case shall be impaneled in the following manner:

(a) fourteen (14) jurors shall be called to the jury box for voir dire examination;

(b) if any juror is excused for cause, another juror will be called;

(c) after the panel of fourteen (14) jurors is accepted for cause, counsel for each party, starting with the Plaintiff, shall alternately write on a form provided by the Clerk of Court their peremptory challenges. If each side exercises all of its peremptory challenges, the remaining eight (8) jurors shall constitute the jury. If no peremptory challenges are exercised or if both parties consecutively pass on a peremptory challenge, the first eight (8) jurors called shall constitute the jury.