LCRLJ 41                                               
     NON-APPEARANCE OF A PARTY OR PARTIES ON TRIAL DATE                          
                                                                                 
    If the plaintiff does not appear within sixty (60) minutes of the time       
set for trial, and no request for extension of time is received by               
telephone or otherwise, defendant, upon motion, may be granted a judgment        
of dismissal without prejudice, be awarded costs and if otherwise                
authorized, a reasonable attorney's fee, and if a counterclaim, upon             
satisfactory proof, may be awarded judgment thereon.                             
    If the defendant does not appear within sixty (60) minutes of the time       
set for trial, the plaintiff, upon motion, may be granted judgment as            
prayed for, upon satisfactory proof to the court, including costs and if         
otherwise authorized, a reasonable attorney's fee.                               
    In the event neither party appears at the time set for trial, or within      
sixty (60) minutes thereafter, the matter shall be dismissed without             
prejudice, (including counterclaims) on or after the fourteenth (14) day         
following the scheduled trial date, unless the court has received prior          
notification of agreed or confessed judgment, settlement, dismissal, or          
continuance. Notification may initially be oral and/or by telephone, but         
will not be deemed completed until followed with a clear written statement       
by the person making such notification. Such written statement shall be          
filed with the court by 4:30 p.m. on the fifth (5) day following the oral        
telephonic notification.