Try Ron's original response just twelve posts back for your answer............
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"with prejudice" dismissal means that the plaintiff cannot re-file the
suit against the dismissed defendant at a later time if some technical
grounds or circumstances subsequently arise that would otherwise allow
such.
For example, a judge could dismiss a case if one of the plaintiff's
attorneys fails to attend the pretrial conference (I have seen this
happen). Under those circumstances, the dismissal would virtually
always be "without prejudice", in order to
allow re-filing --- after all, the judge would not likely want to
harm the actual plaintiff in the case merely because the lawyer failed
to mark his calendar.
I am not going to go into further detail about this, because it
really is a non-issue insofar as the present case is concerned. A
"with prejudice" dismissal is very standard and is agreed upon between
the parties, since all defendants who pay money to settle want the
assurance of not being brought back into the case.
Hope this helps. Good luck to all.
