Legal Opinion
Thoubboron v. Ford Motor Co.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided May 17, 1993No. 91-CV-1422PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHWELB, Associate Judge.
On September 17, 1991, the trial judge granted defendant Ford Motor Company’s motion to dismiss as time-barred, with prejudice, all individual and class claims in a product liability action brought by thirty-three owners of Ford automobiles (the owners). The judge then denied as moot the owners’ motion, filed pursuant to Super.Ct.Civ.R. 41(a)(2), to dismiss without prejudice their individual claims (but not their class claims). On appeal, the owners contend that the trial judge abused his discretion by dismissing their individual claims with prejudice rather than…
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