Osborne v. Osborne

THOMPSON, Presiding Judge.

Suzette Osborne (“the wife”) appeals from a summary judgment the Houston Circuit Court (“the trial court”) entered in favor of Andrew Osborne (“the husband”). Specifically, the trial court found that the wife’s assault-and-battery claim against the husband in the underlying civil action (“the civil action”) was barred by the doctrine of res judicata, and, thus, it entered a summary judgment in favor of the husband on the wife’s assault-and-battery claim in the civil action.

The record indicates the following. The parties were married in 2004. During the course of the…