Abels v. Renfro Corp.

EAGLES, Judge.

Defendant brings forth six assignments of error. After a careful examination of the record before us, we affirm.

I

In its first assignment of error, defendant argues that the trial court erred by excluding the Industrial Commission’s findings that plaintiffs alleged injuries were not compensable. Defendant contends that the trial court should have admitted these findings based on the principles of res judicata. We disagree.

Regarding the application of the doctrine of res judicata, our Supreme Court has stated:

As we recently noted in Duke 1988 [State ex rel. Utilities Commission v.…