TITLE 9
CIVIL PRACTICE
ARTICLE 1
GENERAL PROVISIONS
9-9-48. Appointment of experts.
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Unless otherwise agreed by the parties, the arbitration tribunal:
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May appoint one or more experts to report to it on specific issues to be determined by the arbitration tribunal; and
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May require a party to give the expert any relevant information or to produce, or to provide access to, any relevant documents, goods, or other property for the expert's inspection.
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Unless otherwise agreed by the parties, if a party requests or if the arbitration tribunal considers it necessary, the expert shall, after delivery of the expert's written or oral report, participate in a hearing where the parties have the opportunity to put questions to the expert and to present expert witnesses in order to testify on the points at issue.
(Code 1981, §9-9-48, enacted by Ga. L. 2012, p. 961, § 1/SB 383.)