John's Insulation, Inc. v. L. Addison & Associates, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• holding “review of the merits” of interlocutory orders “is beyond the scope of this appeal” because “interlocutory rulings do not merge into a judgment of dismissal for failure to prosecute”
• applying the \majority rule\ that \interlocutory rulings do not merge into a judgment of dismissal for failure to prosecute\
• discussing court’s inherent power to impose sanctions beyond authority granted by Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
• rejecting reasoning of Allied Air Freight and Gary Plastic in favor of “majority rule” that “interlocutory rulings do not merge into a judgment of dismissal for failure to prosecute”
• declining to review interlocutory orders preceding Rule 41(b) dismissal and default judgment imposed as sanction for plaintiff’s delay and failure to follow court orders
• affirming trial court’s dismissal of plaintiff’s claims and entry of default judgment on defendant’s counterclaims where plaintiff failed to obtain successor counsel after counsel withdrew

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