United States Fidelity & Guaranty appeals an order dismissing — as a sanction — its $88,000 indemnity claim after the appellant's attorney failed to appear for a scheduled pretrial conference.
The notice of pretrial conference, scheduled for May 17, 1988, at 1:30 p.m., was changed to 9:00 a.m. by a second notice allegedly mailed on April 12, 1988. Appellant's counsel contends that he...
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