Keck v. Collins

¶52 (concurring) — Although the majority correctly reverses and remands this case because plaintiff’s counsel was entitled to more time to prepare his response to the summary judgment motions, I do not concur in the extension of the language from Folsom v. Burger King, 135 Wn.2d 658, 663, 958 P.2d 301 (1998), into appellate court de novo oversight of the trial court’s calendar management authority. That subject has traditionally been left to the discretion of the trial court,11 and we should not overturn those types of decisions absent abuse of that discretion. The Folsom language only…