Brown v. City of Detroit

Plaintiff appeals as of right from a May 9, 1986, order of Wayne Circuit Judge Lucile Watts denying plaintiffs motion for reinstatement of her action, which had been dismissed on August 18, 1981, after plaintiffs prior attorney failed to appear at a scheduled pretrial conference. On appeal, plaintiff argues that the trial judge abused her discretion in denying plaintiffs motion for reinstatement of the action. We disagree and affirm.

A complete recitation of the facts is necessary for our disposition of this case.

In February, 1979, plaintiff filed her action alleging malpractice against…