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NALL v. WOOLFOLK

451 S.W.2d 389 (1970)

Jerry W. NALL, Ancillary Administrator of the Estate of Betty Lou Thrasher, deceased, Appellant, v. Dr. William L. WOOLFOLK, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

March 6, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell S. Armstrong, Evansville, Ind., George B. Baker, Jr., Rhoads & Baker, Henderson, for appellant.

Morton Holbrook, Sandidge, Holbrook, Craig & Hager, Owensboro, for appellee.

OSBORNE, Judge.

The sole question presented upon this appeal is, did the circuit court abuse its discretion in dismissing the action from the docket for want of prosecution? We do not believe there was an abuse of discretion. This was a negligence action involving malpractice of a doctor. It was filed on June 24, 1964. The trial judge struck the action from the docket on January 31, 1967, on its own motion and pursuant to a local court rule which provided for the...

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