Tyco Laboratories, Inc. v. Koppers Company, Inc.

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• asserting the plaintiff agreed to utilize the evidence discovered thus far in any subsequent action
• the commencement of discovery alone does not create plain legal prejudice needed to defeat dismissal without prejudice
• “[W]e expressly observed that the prospect of a second lawsuit would not be sufficient to meet [the plain legal prejudice] standard.”
• voluntary dismissal would not prejudice the defendants because discovery was not sufficiently extensive, despite deposing some witnesses
• “the mere prospect of a second lawsuit” does not constitute “plain legal prejudice” that would preclude the voluntary dismissal of a defendant

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