Roberts v. Pointer

SMITH, Presiding Judge.

Devin Roberts appeals from a judgment entered in favor of Michael and Debra Pointer on the Pointers’ claim for damages arising out of an automobile accident. The parties did not dispute Roberts’s liability, leaving the jury to determine the amount of damages to be awarded to the Pointers. Roberts now appeals, claiming that the trial court erred in denying the motion for a continuance he filed due to the unavailability of an expert witness. Because the trial court abused its discretion in denying the motion, we reverse.

“A motion for a continuance based on an absent…