Hyde v. Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that dismissal without prejudice is proper “unless the defendant will suffer some plain legal prejudice other than the mere prospect of a second lawsuit” (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)
• noting that substantial prejudice results when the dismissal “effectively strips [the defendant] of a defense that would otherwise be available”
• reversing district court’s order dismissing case without prejudice where defendants established legal prejudice by showing that their defense based on Texas law was potentially stripped as a consequence of dismissal without prejudice
• applying Texas law to a products liability action while sitting in diversity
• “In diversity cases, a federal court must apply federal procedural rules . . . .”
• statute of repose defense potentially unavailable

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).