Settle by and Through Sullivan v. Beasley

308 S.E.2d 288 (1983)

John Wesley SETTLE, a minor, By and Through his Guardian ad Litem, Mark E. SULLIVAN

v.

Kenneth Wayne BEASLEY.

No. 67PA83.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

November 3, 1983.

Sullivan & Pearson, P.A. by Mark E. Sullivan, Raleigh, for plaintiff-appellant.

Canaday & Canaday, P.A. by C.C. Canaday, Jr. and Claude C. Canaday III, Benson, for defendant-appellee.

MARTIN, Justice.

The central question in this appeal is whether plaintiff is barred by collateral estoppel from pursuing this action. The materials before the court at the summary judgment hearing disclosed that a prior action had…