Legal Opinion
Ternes v. Knispel
North Dakota Supreme Court
Decided October 1, 1985No. Civ. 10940PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVINE, Justice.
The sole issue in this case is whether the district court abused its discretion in dismissing plaintiffs action for failure to prosecute. We hold it did not and affirm.
On October 29, 1975 Seferious Ternes was injured while driving a tractor owned by John Knispel. Two years later, on October 29, 1977, Ternes commenced a negligence action against Knispel. Ternes was represented by Robert Mines, a South Dakota attorney. Richard B. Baer, a North Dakota attorney and Ternes’ counsel in this appeal, also signed the pleadings as local counsel to enable Mines to bring this action in a…
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