Legal Opinion
United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America, Local Union No. 2371 v. Merchandising Equipment Group, Division of Meg Manufacturing Corp.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided March 8, 2012No. 33A05-1107-CP-345PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
VAIDIK, Judge.
Case Summary
In 2011, the trial court granted the defendants’ Trial Rule 41(E) motion to dismiss for failure to prosecute after the case had been pending for eighteen years, the court failed to rule on the summary judgment motions for fourteen years, and the plaintiffs took no action to push the case to resolution for a decade. The plaintiffs now appeal the dismissal. Given the extensive and unprecedented delay in this case and the plaintiffs’ lack of excuse for the delay, we conclude that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in dismissing this case for failure to…
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