291 So. 2d 663 - Fields v. Fields’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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1. “(e) Failure to Prosecute. All actions in which it appears on the face of the record that no activity by filing of pleadings, order of court or otherwise has occurred for a period of one year shall be dismissed by the court on its own motion or on motion of any interested person, whether a party to the action or not, after reasonable notice to the parties, unless a party shows good cause in writing, at least five days before the hearing on the motion, why the action should remain pending. Mere inaction for a period of less than one year shall not be sufficient cause for dismissal for failure to prosecute. (emphasis supplied).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 398 So. 2d 949 - Florida East Coast Ry. Co. v. Russell

2. “to dismiss, and no timely order is entered in accordance with the motion, the trial court has effectively abandoned its motion. Thus, even though there was a lack of record activity during the more than one year period between the filing of appellant's answer on July 5, 1977, and the filing of Russell's motion to set the cause for trial on September 12, 1978, there was insufficient action taken to dismiss the cause. The informal clerk's notice was not a self executing motion and it was necessary to conduct a hearing on the issue of”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 398 So. 2d 949 - Florida East Coast Ry. Co. v. Russell