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Q: Personal injury case has been in special trial part for a year and a half , it’s just adjourned for so long!

What is the STP part. Is that a settlement part it says special trial part , I thought this part was suppose to go to trial. Can someone explain. Thank you

Charles Edward Green
Charles Edward Green
answered on May 19, 2021

STP is the last stop in the court process, and it is from there that cases are sent out for jury selection and trial. As I am sure you are aware, the Covid pandemic shut down the court system for months, and jury trials only very recently began again, and on a very limited basis. Unfortunately for... View More

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