Mayer v. Wylie

494 S.E.2d 60 (1997)

229 Ga. App. 282

MAYER

v.

WYLIE.

No. A97A1651.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

November 10, 1997.

Herman Pierre, J., Atlanta, for appellant.

Cobb & Walton, Bobby L. Cobb, Norcross, for appellee.

BEASLEY, Judge.

Thongkham Mayer sued Rebecca Joy Wylie in Douglas County for damages caused by a car Wylie was driving. Wylie was granted summary judgment on the ground that judgment in a previous action between Mayer and the car insurer was res judicata. That doctrine did not apply because neither the subject matter nor the parties in the previous action were identical to those in the present…