Maxwell v. University of Michigan

Plaintiff appeals as of right from the January 7, 1986, order of Ingham Circuit Judge Jack W. Warren, sitting in the Court of Claims, dismissing with prejudice for no progress plaintiff’s wrongful discharge suit pursuant to MCR 2.502. The judge found that plaintiff failed to show that progress was in fact being made in the case and that the failure to prosecute was due to the fault or lack of reasonable diligence of the plaintiff. Plaintiff’s attorney argued unsuccessfully that though no discovery had taken place in the past year, he was ready for trial because sufficient discovery had been…