Gowan v. McClure

Douglas Gowan, pro se, appeals from a judgment in favor of John Teetaert dismissing Gowan's cause of action on the merits and awarding Teetaert actual costs and attorney fees. Gowan also appeals from an order granting Michael McClure's request to dismiss Gowan's cause of action on the merits.

Gowan claims six instances of error. Upon review, we conclude that the essence of Gowan's appeal can be distilled to three issues: (1) whether the trial court erred as a matter of law in concluding that Gowan could not obtain a dismissal of the action without prejudice because one of two defendants in the…