Legal Opinion
Myrtis Faye Terrell v. Raymond J. Deconna and Deconna Ice Cream Company, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 27, 1989No. 88-4445PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:
Myrtis Faye Terrell sued Raymond De-Conna and the DeConna Ice Cream Co. in an effort to recover under a Mississippi state law loss of consortium theory for injuries to her husband. She also sued United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co., seeking a declaration as to the insurance coverage applicable to DeConna and the ice cream company. The district court held that, under federal rules of issue preclusion, an earlier judgment in a suit brought by Myrtis Faye’s husband, Ronald, against DeConna and the ice cream company barred Myrtis Faye from litigating the…
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