Gonzales v. Hegner

The attorney of record for the plaintiff in a negligence action applies for a direction to counsel retained by him and now discharged to turn over to the movant the complete file in the case. New counsel to conduct the litigation have already been retained by this attorney. I shall assume that the plaintiff (the client) is desirous of changing counsel. I say that because there is no affidavit submitted by the plaintiff personally, and, sometimes, it is the client who asks the attorney of record to engage specific outside counsel; and, if so, the client’s wishes are not to he ignored. Also,…