EVERY v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS

No. CA-7280.

514 So.2d 556 (1987)

Mary A. EVERY v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Writ Denied December 11, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary A. Every, New Orleans, in pro. per.

Ike Spears, New Orleans, for appellant.

Okla Jones, II, City Atty., Blaine G. Lecesne, and Shelley Gillon, Asst. City Attys., New Orleans, for appellee.

Stephen M. Pizzo, Brian C. Bossier, Clifford J. Enten, Blue, Williams & Buckley, Metairie, for appellee-Charity Hosp.

Before GULOTTA, C.J., and GARRISON and WARD, JJ.


GULOTTA, Chief Judge.

Mary Every appeals from a judgment dismissing her tort suit with prejudice after the trial judge denied her request in proper person, on the day of trial, for a continuance to retain new legal counsel. When plaintiff failed to go forward with proof to support her allegations, the trial judge denied her motion. Because we find no abuse of the trial court's discretion, we affirm.

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