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SCHWARTZLE v. AUSTIN CO.

No. 16071.

429 N.W.2d 69 (1988)

Virginia SCHWARTZLE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. The AUSTIN COMPANY and Electric Construction Company, Defendants and Appellees.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided September 14, 1988.

Rehearing Denied October 20, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carleton R. Hoy, James L. Hoy of Hoy & Hoy, Sioux Falls, for plaintiff and appellant.

Comet H. Haraldson of Woods, Fuller, Shultz & Smith, Sioux Falls, for defendants and appellees.

MILLER, Justice.

In this appeal we hold that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in dismissing a civil action because of plaintiff's failure to prosecute.

FACTS

A chronology of events best articulates what occurred in this action.

1972

On October 16, 1972, plaintiff injured her right leg and knee when she fell into an excavation trench as she was crossing a lot to enter her place of employment at the John Morrell &...

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