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nonsuit
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nonsuit,
n a failure on the part of a plaintiff to continue the prosecution of the suit; abandonment of a suit.


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However, the court distinguished the case by pointing out that in that case the majority specifically rejected the plaintiffs' claim that they could somehow revive an expired expert report deadline through a new suit raising the same claim: "allowing a plaintiff to restart the period for serving an expert report by simply nonsuiting her health care liability claim and refilling that same claim, could effectively expand the 120-day period to well over two years.
By nonsuiting the case, the Pattersons left the door open to refiling the complaint, something the secured creditors don't want to see happen.
Obviously, this rule is designed to prevent a plaintiff from nonsuiting a case and refiling in an effort to engage in judge shopping," Holmes said.
 
 
 
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