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BURLEIGH v. WEEKS

425 A.2d 623 (1981)

David BURLEIGH et al. v. Farley WEEKS et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided February 11, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Therriault & Golin, Roger S. Golin (orally), Roger R. Therriault, Bath, for plaintiffs.

Eaton, Glass & Marsano, John R. Bass, II (orally), Francis C. Marsano, Belfast, for Farley Weeks and Charles Springer.

Richard M. Dostie (orally), Belfast, for Fred Hall.

Before McKUSICK, C. J., and WERNICK, GODFREY, ROBERTS and CARTER, JJ.

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

Plaintiffs David and Patricia Burleigh appeal from the Superior Court's dismissal with prejudice of their personal injury tort action against seven defendants. The Superior Court, acting under M.R.Civ.P. 41(b)(1) on its own motion and after notice, dismissed the complaint for want of prosecution. We hold that the Superior Court acted well within the scope of its permissible discretion, and accordingly we deny the appeal.

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