Lake County Superior Court, Indiana Document Format Requirements

CRITICALCivil cases

Each party must number its exhibits.

Exhibits shall be numbered by each party

CRITICALCivil cases

The jury instructions delivered to the court must be provided in hard copy and on a WordPerfect or Microsoft Word for Windows compatible disk.

Counsel shall jointly submit an agreed preliminary issues instruction and jointly submit the final instructions on which they agree, or, if counsel cannot agree, each shall submit their own proposed preliminary issues instruction, and submit their own proposed final instructions on those to which they cannot agree, and deliver a copy to the court, hard copy and on a WordPerfect or Microsoft Word for Windows compatible disk, no later than ten days before trial.

WARNINGCivil cases

If counsel wants the jury to review an exhibit during testimony, counsel must provide a sufficiently large blowup, use a technological device, or distribute enough copies.

If counsel desires the jury to review an exhibit during testimony, counsel shall provide either a blowup of the exhibit large enough for all the jury to see, use any other technological device such as an overhead projector, or distribute sufficient copies for jurors to review during testimony.

WARNINGCivil cases

Testimony may not be interrupted to pass multiple exhibits among jurors for review.

The Court will not permit an interruption in testimony for the passing of multiple exhibits through the hands of the jurors for review during testimony.