Estate of Goston v. Ford Motor Co.

Andree Layton Roaf, Justice.

This tort case presents the question of whether the Circuit Judge was correct in dismissing a claim on the basis of res judicata. We affirm the result reached by the trial court, but for the reason that the appellant’s claim was precluded by Ark. R. Civ. P. 13(a), which requires that a compulsory counterclaim be pled.

This case arises from an accident between two vehicles that occurred on February 12, 1988. Leo Goston, appellant, was heading north on John Barrow Road in Little Rock and was attempting to make a left turn onto a side street. Freddie Craig, appellee,…