Shaoul v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber, Inc.

Opinion by

Judge TURSI.

Plaintiff, Sahran I. Shaoul, appeals the summary judgment entered in favor of the defendants, Goodyear Tire & Rubber and Richard Schossler. The dispositive issue here is whether the adjudication of plaintiff’s claims against defendants in a federal district court action bars his state court action in which he asserts claims arising out of a common nucleus of facts. Concluding that the core facts of his claims were litigated, that he should have litigated all of his claims in the federal district court action, and that plaintiff’s state court claims are precluded by the…