Spickler v. Brennan

ROBERTS, Justice.

Plaintiff Robert D. Spickler appeals from an order of the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Mills, J.) denying a motion he filed in 1989 to retain the case on the docket and to avoid dismissal for failure to prosecute, and granting defendant Joseph Brennan’s motion to dismiss. Plaintiff contends that the court abused its discretion because he has actively prosecuted his case since filing that motion. Finding that the court acted ■within its discretion in denying the motion, we affirm.

Plaintiff filed suit against defendant in 1974 and the Superior Court, twice before and on…