Wickenhauser v. Lehtinen

¶ 1. This is a review of an unpublished per curiam decision of the court of appeals that reversed the circuit court's judg*48ment1 awarding Steven and Christy Wickenhauser (the Wickenhausers) compensatory and punitive damages and denying Jack Lehtinen's (Lehtinen) motions for summary judgment based on claim preclusion. The court of appeals reasoned that since the Wickenhausers obtained rescission of an option to purchase 300 acres of their property in a prior action, they were barred by the election of remedies doctrine from obtaining damages in this action. Wickenhauser v. Lehtinen, No.…