PRETRIAL ADJUDICATION
...Judicial Arbitration
......Pre-Arbitration Procedure
.........Amount in Controversy: Stipulation
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Upon stip. of parties any at-issue civil action shall be submitted to judicial arbitration regardless of the amount in controversy.

P elected to judicially arbitrate PI case after acknowledging claim less than statutory amount in controversy.

Any determination and stip to amount in controversy without prejudice to any finding by judicial arbitrator or in subsequent trial de novo.

Election to judicially arbitrate seen as a hybrid of voluntary (stipulated) and compulsory arbitration.