Streidl v. Community General Hospital

OPINION IN SUPPORT OF AFFIRMANCE

FLAHERTY, Justice.

The issue in this case is whether Superior Court erred in affirming the trial court’s dismissal of a medical malpractice suit against a hospital where the trial court, pursuant to local rule, dismissed the suit because there had been no action on the docket for more than two years. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

On February 4, 1983 Harold and Marion Streidl brought an action against Community General Hospital claiming that the hospital negligently exposed Mr. Streidl to a highly contagious disease. No action appeared on the docket…