RUSH v. FIELDCREST CANNON, INC.

No. 96-127.

934 S.W.2d 512 (1996)

326 Ark. 849

Sandra RUSH, Appellant, v. FIELDCREST CANNON, INC., a North Carolina corporation; Allied-Signal, Inc., a Virginia corporation; Brandon Furniture Company, Inc., an Arkansas corporation, d/b/a Brandon House Furniture; Congoleum Corporation, a New Jersey corporation; Brinkman, L.D. & Co., a Texas corporation, d/b/a L.D. Brinkman Co.; Crest-Foam Corporation, a subsidiary of Leggett & Platt Incorporated, a Missouri corporation; Jamison, Jim, Inc., d/b/a Jim Jamison Pest Control, a Tennessee corporation; Central Termite & Pest Control, Inc., an Arkansas corporation; Stanley Steamer International, Inc., d/b/a Stanley Steamer Carpet Cleaner; Bill Jones, a citizen and resident of Arkansas; Dowelanco, d/b/a Elanco Products Co., a division of Eli Lilly Co., an Indiana corporation; Velsicol Chemical Corporation, a Delaware corporation and The Dow Chemical Company, a Delaware corporation, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

December 16, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Couch, Little Rock, for Appellant.

James M. Simpson, David N. Laser, Little Rock, for Appellees.


JESSON, Chief Justice.

This appeal arises from the dismissal of appellant Sandra Rush's products-liability complaint. The trial court dismissed her case with prejudice for her "pattern of intentional, willful and deliberate delay" and for her "failure to narrow her case and ready it for trial." On appeal, appellant asserts that the trial court erred in allowing her second attorney to withdraw in violation of ARCP Rule 64(b), and in failing to give her third attorney...

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