Hawaii Automotive Retail Gasoline Dealers Ass'n v. Brodie

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• affirming dismissal with prejudice when two years elapsed from the filing of the complaint until the matter was set for trial, defendant was not deposed until the eve of trial, and plaintiff did nothing but engage in the “artful dodging of diligent prosecution.”
• HRCP Rule 41(b) dismissal upheld where plaintiff failed to depose defendant until eve of trial and “did nothing” but engage in the “artful dodging of diligent prosecution”
• \What constitutes a failure to prosecute depends on the facts of each case and the court must consider all pertinent facts . . . .\

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