Benyo v. Hem

OPINION

This appeal arises from an automobile accident occurring in September 1988. Be-nyo’s suit for personal injury was dismissed for lack of prosecution. Benyo appeals, contending that the dismissal was an abuse of the trial court’s discretion or, in the alternative, that the trial court erred in not granting him a new trial. We reach neither of those questions. Appellees have moved to dismiss this appeal for lack of jurisdiction. Because Benyo neither properly perfected his appeal nor attempted to do so prior to the applicable deadline, we dismiss.

On December 9, 1991, the trial court…