J.T. Masonry Co. v. Oxford Construction Services, Inc.

RODOWSKY, Judge.

This certiorari review continues uninterruptedly the lack of success by a plaintiff in attempting to revise, because of claimed irregularity by a clerk of court, a final judgment of dismissal for lack of prosecution. We shall hold that the trial court’s denial of relief was justified by the plaintiff’s failure to exercise ordinary diligence in seeking revision.

The factual narrative begins in 1983 when Michael G. Rinn, Esq. (Rinn) practiced law with the Baltimore firm of Baker & Baker. One of their clients was the petitioner, J.T. Masonry Company, Inc. (Masonry). Subsequently,…