Case Name: CHARLES L. RUDDER, Appellant, v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, a Corporation, Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of Nevada
Jurisdiction: Nevada
Decision Date: 1977-02-17
Citations: 93 Nev. 88
Docket Number: No. 8771
Parties: CHARLES L. RUDDER, Appellant, v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, a Corporation, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Nevada Reports
Volume: 93
Pages: 88–89

Head Matter:
CHARLES L. RUDDER, Appellant, v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, a Corporation, Respondent.
No. 8771
February 17, 1977
560 P.2d 160
Dale W. Beasey and Jeffrey G. Green, Las Vegas, for Appellant.
W. Bruce Beckley and Guild, Hagen & Clark, Ltd., Las Vegas, for Respondent.

Opinion:
OPINION
Per Curiam:
On January 5, 1971, Charles L. Rudder filed a complaint in the district court seeking damages from respondent under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, 45 U.S.C. § 51 et seq. (1972). On January 12, 1976, over five years later, the court granted a motion to dismiss with prejudice for failure to prosecute, pursuant to NRCP 41(e).
Although appellant concedes that dismissal is mandatory for failure to bring a case to trial within five years, he suggests the court abused its discretion in dismissing the action with prejudice. We disagree.
We have frequently, and consistently, considered and rejected similar arguments. See, for example, Meredith v. Arden, 92 Nev. 620, 555 P.2d 1241 (1976), and cases cited therein.
Affirmed.