Don’t race to dismiss the case

Originally published by David Coale.

The death of the racehorse “Rawhide Canyon” led to hard-fought litigation. The district court denied the plaintiff’s motion to voluntarily dismiss under Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1), and the Fifth Circuit found an abuse of discretion in not granting it: “Because the payment of attorneys’ fees was the sole basis for the district court’s denial of voluntary dismissal and Plaintiffs subsequently made clear that they would pay these fees, the district court abused its discretion by denying Plaintiffs the ability to voluntarily dismiss their own case.” No. 17-10569 (Sept. 10, 2018, unpublished).

 

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