Case Name: Mendel Lurie, Individually, and on Behalf of Himself and All of the Stockholders of the Associated Laundries of America, Inc., Appellant, v. Martin Abelove et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1964-01-23
Citations: 20 A.D.2d 631
Docket Number: 
Parties: Mendel Lurie, Individually, and on Behalf of Himself and All of the Stockholders of the Associated Laundries of America, Inc., Appellant, v. Martin Abelove et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 20
Pages: 631–631

Head Matter:
Mendel Lurie, Individually, and on Behalf of Himself and All of the Stockholders of the Associated Laundries of America, Inc., Appellant, v. Martin Abelove et al., Respondents.

Opinion:
Order, entered on March 29, 1963, granting defendants' motion to dismiss the complaint for failure to prosecute in a stockholder's derivative action, unanimously affirmed, with $20 costs and disbursements to- defendants-respondents. Whether or not delay in prosecution is unreasonable depends upon the nature of the case, the degree of merit in the ease and the particular difficulties in going forward with the ease. If the delay in prosecution is unreasonable, the nature of the action does not preclude dismissal therefor. (See Sortino v. Fisher, 20 A D 2d 25.) Concur—Breitel, J. P., Yalente, McNally and Eager, JJ.