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Constitutional Law

Feb. 26, 2004

Judge Wrongly Denied Continuance After Lawyer's Death

SANTA ANA - Dead lawyers try no trials, and it's not the litigant's fault, a state appellate court has ruled. In a sharply worded opinion, the 2nd District Court of Appeal scolded a Ventura County judge who allowed only a five-week trial postponement after one of the attorneys died from pancreatic cancer.

By Dan Evans
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SANTA ANA - Dead lawyers try no trials, and it's not the litigant's fault, a state appellate court has ruled.
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