Hindmarsh v. Mock

TROUT, Chief Justice.

Martin L. Mock (“Mock”) has filed a Petition for Review of the Court of Appeals’ decision reversing the district court’s grant of summary judgment in Mock’s favor. Because no exception to res judicata for claims brought in small claims court is warranted, the district judge’s grant of summary judgment is affirmed.

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FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In November 1998, Connie L. Hindmarsh (“Hindmarsh”) sued Mock in the small claims department of the magistrate’s division of the district court (“small claims court”) for property damage resulting from an automobile collision…