Case Name: Raymond CASTELLANOS, Appellant, v. K-MART STORE, a foreign corporation, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1994-02-01
Citations: 632 So. 2d 1057
Docket Number: No. 93-1706
Parties: Raymond CASTELLANOS, Appellant, v. K-MART STORE, a foreign corporation, Appellee.
Judges: Before BASKIN, LEVY and GODERICH, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 632
Pages: 1057–1058

Head Matter:
Raymond CASTELLANOS, Appellant, v. K-MART STORE, a foreign corporation, Appellee.
No. 93-1706.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Feb. 1, 1994.
Rehearing Denied March 22, 1994.
Raymond Castellanos, in pro per.
Peters, Robertson, Lax, Parsons & Welch-er and Steven B. Sundook, Fort Myers, for appellee.
Before BASKIN, LEVY and GODERICH, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We reverse the final judgment in defendant's favor entered after the court granted defendant's motion for directed verdict. The trial court abused its discretion in denying plaintiffs motion for continuance after allowing plaintiffs counsel to withdraw on the day of trial. Castle Club Corp. v. Liberty Int'l, Inc., 598 So.2d 263 (Fla. 3d DCA 1992); Hub Financial Corp. v. Olmetti, 465 So.2d 618 (Fla. 4th DCA 1985). The record does not demonstrate that defendant would have been prejudiced by allowing plaintiff a continuance to obtain new counsel. Castle Club Corp., 598 So.2d at 263.
Reversed and remanded for a new trial.