Bonniwell v. Beech Aircraft Corp.

PAUL PRESSLER, Justice.

The principal question presented by this appeal is whether a prior judgment, denying a defendant indemnity over and against a co-defendant on a cross-action, is res judi-cata of an identical cross-action in a suit brought by a different plaintiff, involving the same defendants, so as to support a summary judgment granting the first defendant indemnity over and against the co-defendant. We find the doctrine of res judicata applicable and accordingly affirm.

This litigation stems from a fatal airplane crash occurring shortly after takeoff at an air field in Galveston…