Peoples State Bank v. Hwy. One Crawfish, Inc.

804 So. 2d 627, 2001 La. LEXIS 3870, 2001 WL 1681801

Opinion

In re State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.; — Defendant; Applying for Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of Natchitoches, 10th Judicial District Court Div. B, Nos. 69,644, 70,089; to the Court of Appeal, Third Circuit, No. CW 01-01597.

Granted. In light of the fact that relator was made a party less than one month prior to the trial date, and considering the availability of other trial dates in the near future, the trial court abused its discretion in denying relator’s request for a continuance. Accordingly, the judgment of the trial court is reversed, and the motion for continuance of the December 10, 2001 trial is granted.

CALOGERO, C.J., would deny the writ. JOHNSON, J., would deny the writ. KNOLL, J., would deny the writ.