Legal Opinion
Nero v. Ferris
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided December 4, 1981No. Record 790982PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCompton, J.
In this civil action, the plaintiff seeks to domesticate a foreign judgment. The proceeding has generated issues involving collateral estoppel and full faith and credit.
On April 26, 1974, plaintiff-appellant Annie Nero, a California resident, was hit by a truck while walking in a crosswalk at a street intersection in San Francisco. She sustained an injury to her lower back and left side. After striking the plaintiff, the truck driver stopped his vehicle momentarily, backed up, and drove from the scene.
In 1975, the plaintiff filed a damage suit in the Superior Court of the State of California,…
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