WHEN ONE CLAIMANT FILES A NOTICE OF DISCONTINUANCE: YOU CAN TRY TO CHECK OUT BUT YOU CAN’T NECESSARILY LEAVE

A claimant can normally file a notice of discontinuance at any time.  However, as this case shows, the position is more complex when there is more than one claimant.  Here we look at a case where someone was surprised to find that they remained a claimant at the start of a trial.

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