Does a defendant have a constitutional right to access counsel in a personal injury case?

The right to the assistance of counsel, guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution and article I, section 15 of the California Constitution, includes the correlative right to representation free from any conflict of interest that undermines counsel's loyalty to his or her client. (People v. Rundle (2008) 43 Cal.4th 76, 168 ["It has long been held that under both Constitutions, a defendant is deprived of his or her constitutional right to the assistance of counsel in certain circumstances when,

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