LANGRALL, MUIR & NOPP'R v. GLADDING

[No. 74, September Term, 1977.]

282 Md. 397 (1978)

384 A.2d 737

LANGRALL, MUIR & NOPPINGER v. HARRY L. GLADDING ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided April 21, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rob Ross Hendrickson, with whom were Henry M. Decker, Jr., and Frank M. Benson, Jr., on the brief, for appellant.

Bayard Z. Hochberg for appellees.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, DIGGES, LEVINE, ELDRIDGE, ORTH and COLE, JJ.


COLE, J., delivered the opinion of the Court. LEVINE, J., dissents and filed a dissenting opinion at page 403 infra.

This appeal seeks to restore life to a cause of action pronounced dead by the Court of Special Appeals which invoked the sanctions of Maryland Rule 530. That rule provides that a proceeding in which there has been no activity of record for eighteen months may be dismissed for lack of prosecution, unless the court for good cause shown suspends...

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