· 3/30/1988
Hoch v. Gavan
Citations
- 520 N.E.2d 1319
- 25 Mass. App. Ct. 550
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding dismissal proper after four years without proper service
- holding dismissal proper after four years without proper service
- dismissal proper where defendant had significant \risk of being prejudiced in his defense\
- \judge in discretion may dismiss an action when in the course of the litigation there has been long-extended inaction by the plaintiff and . . . plaintiff fails to come forward with a showing of reasonable excuse\
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Judges: Brown, Kaplan, Dreben
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