Betty v. Pace, as Administratrix of the Estate of Floyd J. Pace, Jr., Deceased v. Southern Express Company

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• holding that voluntary dismissal at the summary judgment stage would result in prejudice to the defendant
• finding that the plaintiff’s tactic of attempting to deprive the defendant of a ruling on its summary judgment motion supported denial of the plaintiff’s motion to dismiss without prejudice
• affirming the denial of a motion to dismiss without prejudice on the ground that the plaintiffs were using the motion as a tactic to prevent summary judgment in favor of the defendants
• affirming denial of motion to dismiss entire action after “considerable discovery” and with motion for summary judgment pending
• affirming denial of motion to dismiss without prejudice where motion for summary judgment pending after “considerable discovery had been undertaken at substantial cost to the defendant”
• finding the district court was justified in denying the plaintiff’s motion to dismiss without prejudice given the time and expenses the defendant had already devoted to the case

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