Dorothy K. Adkins v. Allstate Insurance Company and Allen Simmons

ROSENN, Senior Circuit Judge:

In this diversity action, plaintiff Dorothy K. Adkins seeks reformation of an insurance contract with defendant Allstate Insurance Company and an award of monies allegedly due under the reformed contract. The United States District Court for the District of South Carolina entered summary judgment for defendants, concluding that in light of a prior action instituted by plaintiff in the federal courts in Georgia the doctrine of res judicata barred the suit. We affirm.

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On July 25,1976, Douglas Adkins applied for automobile insurance at an Allstate Insurance Company…