Court Opinion

ID: 9780629
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-30 02:17:35.708722+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:34:09.486404
License: Public Domain

DAMOORGIAN, J., specially
concurring.
Agree with the majority as I must, I question the very notion that the party against whom suit is brought has the responsibility to “wake up” the party who brought the claim. Cases that languish in our system of justice have an institutional cost. For example, case counts have long been a significant factor in structuring court budgets. The longer a case is pending the more it costs the taxpayers. The same is true for the party against whom suit is brought. There are often reporting requirements imposed on private and public entities concerning pending litigation which impacts investment in and funding of these organizations. I do not think our system of justice benefits from rules that enable cases to languish for ten months only to be resurrected by what is now defined as record activity.