Legal Opinion
Chapman v. Kamara
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided October 25, 1999No. 18, Sept. Term, 1998PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RAKER, Judge.
This case arises out of an automobile accident that occurred in Prince George’s County. Several of the parties to that accident filed a “friendly suit”1 in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, and the court entered a consent judgment. Several years later, parties to the friendly suit became concerned with the preclusive effect of that consent judgment on a subsequent lawsuit filed in federal court, and moved to vacate that judgment. The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), which was not a party to the suit, but was a party to the subsequent federal…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Bethlehem Steel Corporation v. Malcolm B. DeversCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1968
- Keen v. KeenCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1948
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