K-Mart Corp. v. Key

Sognier, Judge.

Key filed a complaint against K-Mart Corporation (K-Mart) on November 5,1980 seeking damages for injuries she received when she fell in K-Mart’s store in Newnan, Georgia. George Hart and Michael Frick were retained to represent K-Mart. On February 25,1981, Hart and Frick were declared on trial in the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia on March 2,1981, the day of calendar call in Coweta County. Therefore, Elaine Whitehurst, another attorney from the same firm as Hart and Frick, appeared personally at the calendar call in Coweta County and advised the trial…