Dismissed Without Prejudice

[howie789]

I saw in an Arbitration thread that a lot of arb cases are "dismissed without prejudice". How often does this occur? Do you have to put up a fight for this dismissal? This person said the case ran from Feb to Oct, and then the case was dismissed. It appeared he didn't put up a fight (e.g. didn't respond to the arb notice, just letting it run its course).

[howie789]

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[HHM]

Generally, if the other party (defendant) does not show, the case is usually decided in favor of the plaintiff and not dismissed.

I suppose if the plaintiff did not provide ANY supporting documents, the arbitrator would probably dismiss without prejudice.