Banaszewski v. Colman

Plaintiff appeals as of right from the dismissal, with prejudice, of her suit alleging medical malpractice. The dismissal was based on plaintiff’s failure to comply with a pretrial order requiring her to file a specific statement setting forth the "area of malpractice concerning each defendant and defendant’s failure to perform in relation thereto”.

Plaintiff concedes that a trial judge has the authority to dismiss an action where a party has failed to comply with a court order. Plaintiff claims, however, that its pretrial statement did comply with the judge’s order. We disagree and affirm.

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