Family always comes first, especially around Thanksgiving—a sentiment that is usually respected by Texas trial court judges in the form of continuances.

Yet a pair of Houston plaintiff attorneys recently had to pursue emergency appellate relief to stay an upcoming trial date on the Monday after the holiday after a Galveston trial judge denied them a continuance. One lawyer recently had a child in the hospital, and the other had a sister in hospice care.

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