The judge should not have continued the trial. A conflict with a litigant’s work schedule is not excusable neglect in failing to show for trial.
The judge should have allowed you to go ahead with your proof and if he felt you were entitled to a judgment, granted it by default.
But since the judge moved the trial, the case is not open to defaulting the defendant and won’t be until the trial date. Like it or not there is not a blessed thing you can do about it.
Just be thankful you don’t have to deal with some of this capricious, unpredictable, incompetent, undereducated, under experienced, overpaid six figured salaried prima donnas in pursuing your livelihood.
