Legal Opinion
Faulkner v. Caledonia County Fair Ass'n
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided December 17, 2004No. 03-433PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSkoglund, J.
¶ 1. In this personal injury action, plaintiff appeals the Caledonia Superior Court’s August 28, 2003 decision granting defendants’ motion to dismiss. Plaintiff argues on appeal that this action is sufficiently distinct from the lawsuit she filed, and eventually won, for injuries sustained as a result of the same occurrence giving rise to her current lawsuit. Because we agree with the trial court that the doctrine of claim preclusion bars plaintiff from relitigating the personal injury claims she pressed in her first lawsuit, we affirm.
¶ 2. The parties do not contest the relevant facts. In…
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