Does the Court have a duty to provide counsel during the course of a personal injury case?

However, notwithstanding the lack of any requirement that it do so (see Whitlow v. Superior Court, supra, 87 Cal.App.2d at p. 184, 196 P.2d 590), respondent court accorded petitioners herein the right to and they in fact had counsel throughout the proceedings, and their counsel was given the opportunity to submit to the court

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