Jones v. Rich's Division of Federated Department Stores, Inc.

Benham, Judge.

Appellant brought suit against appellee for malicious prosecution, but the action was dismissed for want of prosecution. This appeal follows the above dismissal.

On June 20, 1983, the legal newspaper of DeKalb County published a trial calendar for Judge Keegan Federal for the week of July 11, 1983. The present action appeared on the calendar and the attorneys for both parties were put on one-hour call. On the morning of July 13, 1983, the trial court notified the attorneys that the case would be called for trial at 11:00 a.m. The office of appellant’s counsel called appellant and…