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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Deahl reverses the lower court's dismissal of a pro se driver's car collision-related action, which it did when the driver arrived 10 minutes after the scheduled start of the trial. Contrary to the lower court's ruling, the good cause inquiry is not used to determine whether the driver provided good cause for his tardiness, but, rather, "whether his tardiness on one occasion justified the outright dismissal of his suit. It did not." Reversed.
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