Hancock v. Pioneer Asphalt, Inc.

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment dismissing his personal injury action against defendant, Pioneer Asphalt, Inc., as barred by the statute of limitations. This is the second action that plaintiff has filed against defendant for the same injury, and he filed it after the first action was, likewise, dismissed as barred by the statute of limitations. Plaintiff argues that the trial court incorrectly applied the doctrine of issue preclusion to bar plaintiff from litigating an argument for timeliness that he had also raised— unsuccessfully — in the first action and, thus, incorrectly granted…