Goldman v. Kent Cleaners & Laundry, Inc.

MILLEDGE, STANLEY, Associate Judge.

In an action of negligence for damage to the plaintiff’s person, a judgment for the defendant on the pleadings was entered on the ground that all matters in controversy were adjudicated by a final judgment in a prior action.

In this prior action, the appellant joined his wife in an action of negligence in which the wife sought damages for injury to her person, and the husband, the appellant, sought damages for his loss through his wife, that is, for medical expenses and loss of consortium. About two weeks before the trial, the husband moved for leave to amend…