Tyrone SILAS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SEARS, ROEBUCK & COMPANY, INC., Defendant-Appellee

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• holding that in the absence of “a clear record of delay or contumacious conduct by the plaintiff . . . the trial court’s discretion is limited to the application of lesser sanctions designed to achieve compliance with court orders and expedite proceedings”
• finding no clear record of delay or contumacious conduct where counsel failed to comply with nine deadlines imposed by the rules of civil procedure or by court order
• “The time limits placed by Rule 4(a) on the right of appeal are mandatory and jurisdictional.”
• responsibility of plaintiff and prejudice to defendant

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