Legal Opinion
Mindy Taragan v. Eli Lilly and Company, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 12, 1988No. 87-7017PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge BUCKLEY.
BUCKLEY, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from an order by the district court permitting appellee to voluntarily dismiss her complaint under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(2). Because the district court did not adequately explain its refusal to condition the voluntary dismissal on the payment of appellant’s wasted attorneys’ fees, we reverse and remand.
I. Background
The complaint alleges that appellee's mother used DES during pregnancy, resulting in appellee’s cancer. Because the statute of limitations had run in New York, the suit was…
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