Maiorani v. Kawasaki Kisen K.K.: Kobe

*132MEMORANDUM

MacMAHON, District Judge.

Plaintiff moves under Rule 60(b), Fed.R.Civ.P., to vacate and set aside a judgment entered against him for failure to prosecute. Rule 41(b), Fed.R.Civ.P.

This action arises from a superficial injury to plaintiff’s right hand which he claims to have suffered on board defendant third-party plaintiff’s vessel on March 21, 1963. The action was commenced on October 21, 1965, two years and seven months after the accident. After a delay of another two years, counsel certified that the action was ready for trial1 and placed it on the trial calendar on August 4, 1967.…