Chappell v. Karpinski

OPINION

WRIGHT, Judge.

Defendant, Charles M. Karpinski, M.D. has moved for summary judgment in this action brought by Rosa L. Chappell both individually and as administratix of the estate of her husband, Carl M. Chappell, asserting that an earlier trial in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware bars the instant suit on grounds of res judicata. The parties are agreed on the material facts of the case. The sole issue before the Court is whether the trial before the federal court, in which the defendant here was impleaded as a third party defendant, is res judicata to this…