Burchett ex rel. Ezell v. South Denver Windustrial Co.

I. Introduction

In this original proceeding, we review the trial court's denial of a motion to postpone the deadline for disclosure of expert testimony and to continue the trial date. This tort case involves an airplane accident in which the pilot and passenger were killed. The surviving children of the passenger sued the estate of the pilot for wrongful death.

The trial was set eight months from the time the case was at issue. Four months before the trial date, and two weeks before the deadline for disclosure of expert testimony, the plaintiffs moved, with the agreement of the defendants, to…