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DIXON v. SHUFORD

No. 28,138-CA.

671 So.2d 1213 (1996)

Deborah DIXON, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Thomas L. SHUFORD, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

April 3, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick Lewis, Jr., Shreveport, for Appellants.

Casten & Pearce by Theodore J. Casten, Shreveport, for Appellees.

Daye, Bowie & Beresko by Alfred R. Beresko, Shreveport, Intervenor.

M. Carl Rice, Shreveport, Intervenor.

Before SEXTON, BROWN and GASKINS, JJ.

GASKINS, Judge.

In this automobile accident case, the trial court denied plaintiffs' motion for a continuance, denied plaintiff Deborah Dixon's request to proceed pro se, and dismissed the suit with prejudice. For the following reasons, we reverse the trial court's refusal to allow Mrs. Dixon to proceed without counsel, and we remand for further proceedings.

FACTS

Plaintiffs, Deborah Dixon and Colidge Dixon, Jr., filed a petition for damages on October...

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