Du-Al Manufacturing Co. v. Sioux Falls Construction Co.

HENDERSON, Justice.

CASE SUMMARY

We affirm the trial court’s dismissal for plaintiff’s failure to prosecute. Paramount in our decision is the consideration of SDCL 15-6-41(b) and SDCL 15-11-11. Our scope of review, when reviewing a trial court’s grant (or denial) of a motion to dismiss for failure to prosecute, is: Did the trial court abuse its discretion? Schwartzle v. Austin Co., 429 N.W.2d 69, 71 (S.D.1988): Duncan v. Pennington County Housing Authority, 382 N.W.2d 425, 426 (S.D.1986); Watkins Products, Inc. v. Lytle, 90 S.D. 122, 124, 238 N.W.2d 299, 300 (1976). We find no abuse of…