Legal Opinion
Richard Pease v. John Duane Peters and Volkswagen of America, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 11, 1977No. 76-1398PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, District Judge.
The issue is whether the district court’s dismissal with prejudice for lack of prosecution was an abuse of discretion.
We find it was not and affirm.
The case arose out of an automobile accident on Martha’s Vineyard on October 8, 1972. Plaintiff’s counsel, James L. Kenney, resides and practices law as a sole practitioner on Martha’s Vineyard. A tort action based on diversity for an amount in excess of $10,000 was entered in the Massachusetts District Court on December 7, 1972.
The facts leading up to the dismissal are set out fully in the Appendix and are summarized as…
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