Court Opinion

ID: 9666875
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 01:29:17.118389+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:15:33.303750
License: Public Domain

LOUIS J. CECI, J.
(dissenting in part). I do not understand what it is that the majority claims, in section IV of its decision, the circuit court should have done. Should the circuit court have resumed the trial without the plaintiff or his attorney? I believe that the circuit court must dismiss a cause of action when the plaintiff *478expressly refuses to proceed. The plaintiff has the obligation to proceed, and if an adverse verdict is rendered, the plaintiff may appeal the decision of the circuit court which required him to proceed. There was no abuse of discretion, and, therefore, I dissent only from the holding of section IV of the majority's decision.
I am authorized to state that JUSTICE WILLIAM G. CALLOW joins in this dissenting opinion.