Higgins v. Johnson

This is a petition for certiorari to review an order granting a continuance of the trial.

Petitioner Chester Higgins filed suit on June 3,1980, against respondent Dr. Wesley Johnson, a chiropractor, for failure to diagnose his. cancerous condition. Dr. Johnson filed his answer on June 24, 1980. Subsequently, Higgins joined Dr. Johnson’s malpractice insurance carrier as an additional defendant. The insurance carrier obtained a summary judgment on grounds of lack of coverage which Higgins unsuccessfully appealed to this court.

Thereafter, on February 12, 1982, Higgins filed a motion for trial by…