Vickery v. Garretson

FERREN, Associate Judge:

This case presents two questions: First, must the District of Columbia give full faith and credit to a Maine default judgment that decided an issue and awarded relief substantially different from both the issue originally presented and the relief originally requested, without notice to defaulting parties? We conclude that the foreign judgment is not entitled to full faith and credit. Second, are the appellee’s counterclaims for two alleged breaches of fiduciary duty that occurred during the 10-year course of the foreign proceedings barred by laches? We conclude that…