Legal Opinion
Estate of Clark M. Young and Martha E. Carter Young v. Howard Williams
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 29, 1987No. 282, Docket 86-7710PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:
Howard Williams appeals from a judgment of the District Court for the District of Vermont (James S. Holden, Judge) requiring him to pay $15,420 damages to the estate of Clark M. Young and $1,000 to Young’s widow. The damages were imposed for injuries sustained by the decedent at an episode at a nursing home during a visit by Williams, his son-in-law. Because we conclude that the decedent’s damage claim is barred by res judicata, we reverse.
The episode giving rise to the decedent’s claim occurred on February 6, 1982. The decedent was then recuperating from an…
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