Grimm v. Pittsburgh

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Musmanno,

This case is an illustration of how a complaining party’s case may possibly come to an undesired end because of the dilatoriness of counsel, of client, or of both. The accident, which is the subject of the litigation, occurred in December, 1946. The ensuing legal proceedings did not reach final determination until October, 1962, nearly sixteen years later. This delay was not due to the asserted “backlog” currently under discussion.

On December 15, 1946, the plaintiff, James Grimm, was injured when he fell, as the result of departing from wooden steps attached to…