Barbara Fisher v. Puerto Rico Marine Management, Inc.

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• affirming district court’s denial of a Rule 41(a)(2) motion under abuse of discretion standard and noting the Rule 41(a)(2) motion was filed after the trial brief was filed
• affirming district court’s denial of motion to voluntarily dismiss where plaintiff filed motion “well over a month after the latest date on which she might have discovered the information that supported these motions”
• affirming district court’s denial of Rule 41(a)(2) motion when the plaintiff filed the motion over a month after she should have discovered the information supporting her intent to add a new defendant and include new theories of recovery
• upholding denial of voluntary dismissal where the trial court found that “dismissal would result in plain prejudice . . . in several ways beyond the mere prospect of a second suit” including “hav[ing] a prejudicial impact upon the availability and recollection of witnesses”
• ‘[I]n most cases a voluntary dismissal should be allowed unless the defendant will suffer some plain prejudice other than the mere prospect of a second lawsuit.”’
• “[W]e have said that in most cases a voluntary dismissal should be allowed unless the defendant will suffer some plain prejudice other than the mere prospect of a second lawsuit . . . .”

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