Metz Contracting, Inc. v. Riverwood Builders, Inc.

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• finding proper entry of judgment of non pros where, inter alia, “delay has caused some prejudice to the adverse party, such as the death . . . of material witnesses.”
• prejudice defined “as any substantial diminution of a party’s ability to properly present its case at trial”
• mere neglect or inadvertence of counsel to proceed over period of three years is inadequate to signify good cause for reinstatement
• no activity taken for almost three and one-half years

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).