MacDermid, Inc. v. Cookson Group, PLC

Opinion

SHELDON, J.

The plaintiff, MacDermid, Inc., appeals from the judgment of the trial court dismissing three counts 1 of its complaint against the defendants, Cook-son Group, PLC, Cookson Electronics, Inc., and Enthone, Inc., on the basis of the prior pending action doctrine. 2 Although the plaintiff has acknowledged that the allegations of its complaint in this action (MacDer-mid II) and the allegations of its complaint in an earlier action that is still pending (MacDermid I) are virtually alike, the plaintiff claims on appeal that the defendants should have been judicially estopped from…