RODRIGUEZ v. ALLIED UNIVERSAL CORP.

No. 85-400.

473 So.2d 1351 (1985)

Patricia Abbott RODRIGUEZ, Appellant, v. ALLIED UNIVERSAL Corporation, a Florida Corporation and Paul Lewis Kressel, Jointly and Severally, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied September 6, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rassner, Rassner, Kramer & Gold and Alan Gold, South Miami, for appellant.

Richard A. Sherman, Fort Lauderdale, for appellees.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and NESBITT and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ.


SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.

After a jury verdict for the plaintiff in a personal injury action, the lower court granted the defendants a new trial on the sole ground that it had erred in denying their motion for continuance on the eve of trial.1 We reverse.

Since the record shows that defense counsel was completely neglectful in its preparation of the case, it is clear that there was no cognizable ground for the requested continuance...

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