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• Do Court Status Inquiries Constitute 'Activity' Sufficient For Case Dismissal Under Florida Law? ( August 2003 )
  Swartz Campbell LLC

  FloridaÂ’s civil defense attorneys have long used Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.420(e) to have languishing plaintiffs' cases dismissed. This rule was further clarified on June 20, 2002 by a Florida Supreme Court decision on the type of activity that would be deemed insufficient to preclude a dismissal of a case for failure to prosecute.

• The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has Clarified and Established the Elements Necessary to Dismiss a Civil Case for Lack of Prosecution ( June 1999 )
  Dugan, Brinkmann, Maginnis & Pace

  In 1992, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court decided Penn Piping, Inc. v. Insurance Company of North America, 529 Pa. 35.