Report on the Mediation Program in the Eastern District of Michigan

Joe S. Cecil; Barbara Stone (Vincent) Meierhoefer

1983

(Archival Record: Copy on File)

A description of a rule adopted by the Eastern District of Michigan that permits a judge to refer diversity cases to a mediation panel and to impose certain costs as a penalty if a resulting trial does not improve on the award suggested by the panel. The report also presents the impressions of judges who have referred cases to the district's mediation program.

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Alternative Dispute Resolution Case Management--Civil