Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. v. United States

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

WATSON, Judge:

Plaintiff has moved under Rule 60(b) to set aside the dismissal of this action on the ground that the discord and confusion accompanying the dissolution of the law firm representing plaintiff as well as the physical and mental disability of the attorney responsible for the action justify the relief sought.

This action was dismissed on June 16, 1987 following a notice of impending dismissal sent on April 23, 1987 to the New York office of Mandel, Resti, Pollack & Borakove. On or about that date the law firm had been dissolved and its office in New York…