Martinez v. Scandroli

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• “Once a cause is reached for hearing, *** the movant is then required to present especially grave reasons to support his request” for a continuance.
• “Where no reason exists for substitution of counsel, a party should only be allowed sufficient time for his counsel to prepare, not for each subsequent counsel he may seek to prepare independently.”
• no abuse of discretion in denying a motion for continuance where the case was set for a September 26 trial date on August 19, the plaintiff retained new counsel in early September, and counsel sought a continuance on September 19 and 23 because he had not had sufficient time to prepare

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