FIRST MEDIA GROUP, INC. v. Doe

Dillard, Judge.

First Media Group, Inc. (“FMG”) appeals an order in which the trial court declined to set aside Jane Doe’s voluntary dismissal of her lawsuit, which occurred after Doe became aware that the court requested FMG to draft a proposed order granting its motion for summary judgment. The trial court permitted the voluntary dismissal over FMG’s objection upon concluding that Doe did not have actual notice of the trial court’s intended disposition of FMG’s summary-judgment motion prior to dismissing the complaint. For the reasons noted infra, we affirm.

The underlying facts are largely…