A woman who failed to replace a lawyer to handle a wrongful death suit she brought on behalf of her son—and ignored a show cause order to explain why—has had her claim dismissed with prejudice by a federal judge.

Northern District Judge Thomas McAvoy (See Profile), sitting in Binghamton, adopted the report and recommendation of Magistrate Judge David Peebles (See Profile) in dismissing the claim by Theresa Vandermark in Vandermark v. County of Montgomery, 6:11-cv-00090.