Thomas v. Southeast Alabama Sickle Cell Ass'n

MADDOX, Justice.

The issues presented in this case are whether the trial court committed reversible error by (1) allowing the plaintiff’s attorney to withdraw from the prosecution of the case on the day of trial and (2) subsequently refusing to grant the plaintiff a continuance.

In September 1989, Margaret Brown, attorney for the plaintiff, Sarah Ward Thomas, filed a motion to withdraw, four days before the trial date, stating that “the attorney and client, Sarah Thomas, have come to a point where the two can no longer work together congenially.” The motion further stated that the problems had…