Glover v. Krambeck

[¶ 26.] The circuit court in Butte County dismissed Krambeck’s claim for personal injury because she failed to include it with the cross-claims for indemnity and contribution that Krambeck and Macer asserted against each other as co-defendants in the Meade County suit. Because Kram-beck could have asserted her personal injury claim with her cross-claim in the Meade County suit, the circuit court in Butte County concluded that res judicata precluded Krambeck from subsequently asserting that claim. Today, this Court reverses. In doing so, the Court discusses res judicata but ultimately reverses…