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Civil Procedure – Voluntary Dismissal; Prejudice
cassiejohnson//October 31, 2014//
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Where defendants in a product liability suit challenged the dismissal without prejudice of plaintiff’s action, the grant of voluntary dismissal was not an abuse of discretion because it did not result in a waste of judicial time and effort because the case had not progressed far, and the defendants did not show that they were prejudiced by the dismissal. Judgment is affirmed.
13-3512 Mullen v. Heinkel Filtering Systems, Inc., appealed from the Northern District of Iowa, Wollman, J.
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