Court Opinion

ID: 9856456
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 06:47:48.886805+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:38:48.389467
License: Public Domain

SHEPARD, Justice,
concurring and dissenting.
I agree with the majority opinion that the trial court herein lacked authority to dismiss the action with prejudice. I disagree, however, with the majority opinion wherein it holds that the “trial court abused its discretion in refusing to reinstate this action on appellants’ motion to vacate the order of dismissal.” As indicated in the majority, there is no indication as to the reason for the denial of the motion and hence the majority presumes that the trial judge erroneously exercised his discretion. The question is not whether the trial court erred in its order of dismissal with prejudice, but rather whether the trial court erred in refusing to reinstate the action after it correctly had been dismissed without prejudice. In my judgment, the ruling of the majority ignores the consequences which might flow from the differentiation of reinstating the original action as contrasted with filing a new action.