Wursthaus, Inc. v. Cerreta

Plaintiff sued defendant, guarantor of a certain promissory note, in Massachusetts District Court to enforce pay ment of that note. Subsequently, plaintiff sought enforcement of the favorable $80,110.80 judgment in Rutland Superior Court. Defendant counterclaimed for fraud and for fair value of certain collateral held by plaintiff. The trial court accorded full faith and credit to the Massachusetts judgment, and on res judicata, waiver and procedural grounds, granted summary judgment to plaintiff while dismissing defendant’s counterclaims. We affirm.

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On appeal, defendant contends that his…