2006 New York Code - Depositions And Discovery; Rules Of The Arbitration Administrator; Adjournments.

 
    §   7558.   Depositions   and  discovery;  rules  of  the  arbitration
  administrator; adjournments. (a) After the appointment of the  panel  of
  arbitrators and notwithstanding inconsistent provisions of sections four
  hundred  eight  and  three thousand one hundred two of this chapter, the
  parties to the arbitration may take  depositions  and  obtain  discovery
  regarding  the  subject  matter of the arbitration and, to that end, use
  and  exercise  the  same  rights,  remedies,  and  obligations  in   the
  arbitration  as if the subject matter of the arbitration were pending in
  a civil action.
    (b) The arbitration administrator shall promulgate rules,  subject  to
  the   approval  of  the  superintendent  of  insurance,  to  ensure  the
  expeditious completion of discovery  and  the  prompt  commencement  and
  conclusion of the hearing, consistent with applicable provisions of rule
  thirty-four hundred six of this chapter.
    (c)  An  adjournment  at the request of counsel for any of the parties
  may be granted only by the chairperson  of  the  panel  for  good  cause
  shown.  A  proceeding  under  this  article shall be treated in the same
  manner as an action or proceeding in supreme court for  the  purpose  of
  any claim by counsel of actual engagement.