Deardorff v. Decatur & Macon County Hospital Ass'n

Plaintiff appeals from an order denying his motion to vacate a judgment dismissing a suit for want of prosecution. The motion to vacate the judgment of dismissal was filed within 30 days of the dismissal order. The parties are in substantial agreement that involved in this appeal is the determination of whether or not the trial court abused his discretion and whether or not the plaintiff showed good cause for vacating the order of dismissal. He didn’t, and the judgment of the trial court is affirmed.

On September 23, 1960, the plaintiff filed his suit against multiple defendants in a wrongful…