Court Opinion

ID: 9706553
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 01:46:14.781506+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:22:23.567350
License: Public Domain

ELDRIDGE, Judge,
concurring in part and dissenting in part:
I agree with this Court’s decision insofar as it vacates the judgments below. Furthermore, I fully concur with the Court’s opinion except for part of the final paragraph. I would not at this stage of the case, however, again give the defendants the option of dismissals conditioned upon waivers of limitations under Illinois law. The defendants previously in the circuit court had the opportunity to agree to this option, and they were not interested. At oral argument in this Court, counsel for the defendants made it clear that the defendants would rather “stay in Maryland” than “waive limitations in order to go to Illinois.” The Court *539correctly states that “this case is not really about convenience. It is about limitations.”
As the defendants have taken the position that they will not agree to conditional dismissals, and as there has been enough delay in this matter, I would reverse and remand for trial in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City.