Allstate Insurance v. Caos

This is an appeal from an order of the trial court dismissing the plaintiff’s and defendant’s causes of action, without prejudice, after the case was called for trial on the plaintiff’s complaint and defendant’s answer and counterclaim. The dismissal was entered pursuant to an oral motion made by the defendant before plaintiff had rested his case, alleging failure of the plaintiff to comply with the court’s pretrial order requiring the parties to furnish a list of the witnesses to each other. The court found that both plaintiff and counter-claimant had failed to comply with such order, and…