Rizk v. Mayad

How courts have described this case

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• holding that bill of review may not be used as additional remedy after one has made timely, but unsuccessful, appeal
• holding bill of review unavailable as claimant filed timely motion to reinstate and pursued appeal on his alleged failure to receive notice of intent to dismiss
• observing that a litigant may refile an action that has been dismissed for want of prosecution because the merits of such an action remain undecided
• stating that “a bill of review may not be used when one neglects to urge a motion for new trial or appeal when he has time to do so”
• explaining that “a bill of review may not be used when one neglects to urge a motion for new trial or appeal when he has time to do so”
• observing that “a bill of review may not be used as an additional remedy after one has timely filed a motion to reinstate . . . and has made a timely but unsuccessful appeal”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).