Court Opinion

ID: 9735266
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 18:07:14.328+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:26:56.403069
License: Public Domain

WIEAND, Judge,
concurring in a statement:
I concur. The only reason appellees seek to discontinue this action is because they cannot make out a prima facie case for recovery. The action charges appellants.with malpractice, and said appellants have a right to have the malpractice claims against them adjudicated. Appellees have no right to discontinue the action without prejudice in the hope that medical science will in the future provide factual support for a cause of action which, they concede, does not now exist. To allow the action to be discontinued without prejudice under these circumstances would be to prejudice defendants unfairly by holding them hostage indefinitely to an unwarranted claim. I would reverse and remand for trial.