FLORENCE BY MATTHEWS v. Taylor

ROBERT L. Brown, Justice.

This case arises from a dismissal of the complaint of appellants Elsie Matthews on behalf of Marilyn Florence, age 9; Vernice Price, age 8; and Robert Matthews, age 6; and Elsie Matthews, individually. The matter was dismissed with prejudice by the trial judge on motion of appellee Captoria Taylor for the “repeated failure” of appellants and their counsel to attend trial. Appellants now appeal and assert that the dismissal denied them their constitutional rights to an impartial tribunal as well as to notice, opportunity to be heard, and access to the courts. They…