Edwards v. Haigh
In November 2003, plaintiff filed suit against defendants, seeking $50,000 in damages for the tortious conversion of personal property. On March 21, 2006, after plaintiff delivered his opening statement in pro. per., the trial court granted defendants motion for judgment of nonsuit pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 581c, subdivision (a) and ordered plaintiff to pay defendants court costs in the amount of $644.60.
Plaintiff raises three contentions on appeal: (1) the trial court committed reversible error by considering a substitution of counsel form as a motion to be relieved as counsel without complying with the mandatory requirements of California Rules of Court, rule 3.1362[2]; (2) the trial court abused its discretion in failing to protect plaintiff from the unethical and improper abandonment of his counsel; and (3) the trial court committed reversible error by denying plaintiffs request for a continuance when the denial had the practical effect of denying plaintiff a fair trial.
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