MONTFORT, INC. v. Cardenas

OPINION

Dee Ann Cardenas was a passenger in a car driven by Richard Harris when the car collided with a tractor-trailer driven by Roney Elliott. Cardenas and Harris sued Elliott and his employer, Montfort, Incorporated, for injuries they sustained in the collision. Plaintiffs, both represented by attorney James Champion, demanded a jury trial and paid the requisite fee. Montfort also demanded a jury trial. Three weeks before the case was specially set for jury trial, Cardenas dismissed Champion as her attorney. Eight days later Champion formally withdrew from representing Cardenas, but he…