Court Opinion

ID: 9847850
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 04:08:47.635973+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:17:39.105118
License: Public Domain

T. G. Kavanagh, J.
(dissenting). We agree that GCR 1963, 528 (Relief from Judgment or Order) does not limit a judge’s power to reinstate a cause dismissed for lack of progress.
Some motions for reinstatement should clearly be granted, and some should as clearly be denied. Most cases will be doubtful and those cases are addressed to the discretion of the trial judge.
In the exercise of his discretion he must consider many factors, including the timeliness of the application.
The trial judge in this case in a thoughtful opinion recognized the parameters of his discretion and carefully treated the competing consideration.
We are not persuaded he abused his discretion.
We would reverse the Court of Appeals and affirm the trial judge’s order of reinstatement.
Levin, J., concurred with T. G. Kavanagh, J.
J. W. Fitzgerald, J., did not sit in this case.