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Sidebar - With or Without Prejudice?
Statutes & Stethoscopes: Sidebar - With or Without Prejudice?
Two words at the end of a court order decide whether a case is over for good. This Sidebar explains what "dismissed with prejudice" and "dismissed without prejudice" really mean, and why the expert is often closer to that outcome than they think.
In this Sidebar: why prejudice here means the loss of a legal right, not bias; res judicata; why a dismissal without prejudice does not stop the statute of limitations, and savings statutes; the four common ways a case gets dismissed, including Rule 41 voluntary dismissals and settlements…
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