Charles Bassett & Associates, Inc. v. Bessent, Hammack & Ruckman, Inc.

Appellant Charles Bassett & Associates, Inc. (Bassett) brought suit against Appellee Bessent, Hammack & Ruckman, Inc. (BHR) and Appellee Sea Pines, Inc. This is an appeal by Bassett from the trial court’s dismissal of Bassett’s action against BHR for failure to prosecute [RCP 1.420(e)]. The trial court refused to dismiss Bassett’s action against Sea Pines for failure to prosecute.

Much time and effort has been invested in this contested case. The Record on Appeal alone consists of 453 pages. On October 24, 1977, Defendant BHR moved to dismiss Bassett’s Fourth Amended Complaint. On November 7,…