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MILLS v. CAMMACK, M.D.

No. 8452.

558 P.2d 622 (1976)

Dolly MILLS, as guardian ad litem for Frances A. Mills, a minor, Dolly Mills, et al., Appellants, v. Kirk V. CAMMACK, M.D., and Richard D. Colquitt, M.D., et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

December 30, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C.A. "Jack" Nelson, Chartered, Las Vegas, for appellants.

Beckley, Singleton, DeLanoy, Jemison & Reid, Las Vegas, for respondents.

OPINION

PER CURIAM:

Appellants, alleging medical malpractice, filed a complaint for damages August 13, 1970. More than four and three-quarter years thereafter the trial judge, exercising the discretion delineated in NRCP 41(e), dismissed the complaint for want of prosecution. Appellants now ask this court to hold that the judge abused his discretion because, they claim, they were actively pursuing the case at the time it was dismissed. The record does not...

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