Phillips v. General Motors Corp.

OPINION

GODDARD, Judge.

Stephen B. Phillips, Plaintiff-Appellant, appeals a summary judgment in favor of General Motors Corporation, Defendant-Appellee, in a suit seeking damages for breach of warranty. He insists that contrary to the Trial Court’s ruling, an adverse decision in a previous case against Knoxville Truck Sales did not give rise to the defense of res judicata or collateral estop-pel, which would bar the present action.

The facts are not in dispute. On August 24, 1982, the Plaintiff filed suit against General Motors and Knoxville Truck Sales, seeking to rescind a contract for the…