Rule 16 - Prehearing Statement(A) At least thirty (30) days prior to the date of the arbitration hearing, each party shall file with the arbitrator and serve upon all other parties a Prehearing Statement. The Prehearing Statement shall state that the party submitting the statement will be ready to proceed with the hearing upon completion of the inspection and/or copying permitted in section (B) of this rule. The statement shall also contain, wherever applicable, the following information: (1) Information about the party submitting the statement, including, at minimum: (i) The name, address, telephone number, age, marital status and occupation of such party; (ii) The name, address, telephone number, and place of registration, if such party is a general or limited partnership; or (iii) The name, address, telephone number, and place of incorporation, if such party is a corporation.(2) A statement of the facts which the party submitting the statement reasonably believes will be established at the hearing by such party; (3) The name, address, telephone number and field of expertise of each expert, including all doctors, whom the party submitting the statement intends to call as a witness or use in any other manner at the hearing, and copies of their reports; (4) The name, address and telephone number of all other witnesses the party submitting the statement intends to call at the hearing; (5) A statement of the party's position on general damages; (6) A statement of the party's position on special damages and an itemized list of all special damages claimed or disputed by such party; and (7) A list of exhibits and documentary evidence anticipated to be introduced at the hearing by the party submitting the statement.(B) Each party shall provide copies of all exhibits and documentary evidence to the arbitrator and upon request shall make all exhibits and documentary evidence available for inspection and copying by other parties, at least twenty (20) days prior to the date of the hearing. (C) A party failing to comply with this rule, or failing to comply with any discovery order, may not present at the hearing a witness or exhibit required to be disclosed or made available, except with the permission of the arbitrator.(D) Each party shall furnish the arbitrator at least twenty (20) days prior to the arbitration hearing copies of any pleadings and other documents contained in the court file which that party deems relevant.Amended November 3, 1994 and November 14, 1994, effective 1/2/1995.