Palm v. General Painting Co., Inc.

This Court granted certiorari to review the decision of the Court of Appeals in Palm v. General Painting Co., Inc., 296 S.C. 41, 370 S.E. (2d) 463 (Ct. App. 1988), in which the facts of the case are fully recited. The Court of Appeals relied upon an exception to the collateral estoppel doctrine set forth in section 29, comment g of the Restatement (Second) of Judgments and held that respondent Christy Palm (Christy) was not precluded by prior family court actions from relitigating the issue of her paternity. We affirm as modified.

Christy was born to Veronica Palm Stewart (Veronica) in 1980…