Cadle Co. v. Gasbusters Production I Ltd. Partnership

OPINION

VANMETER, JUDGE:

The doctrine of res judicata serves to preclude relitigation of claims which have been previously adjudicated. The issue we must decide in this case is whether the Lawrence Circuit Court erred in granting *715summary judgment in favor of Gasbusters Production I Limited Partnership and its general partner, FL-Gasbusters, Inc. (hereinafter jointly “Gasbusters”), and against The Cadle Company (“Cadle”) as a result of a bankruptcy judgment. We hold that the trial court did not err and therefore affirm its judgment.

I. Factual and Procedural Background.

In 2002, C. Lester Paul and…