Cain v. Porter

ALOK AHUJA, Judge.

Sherri Porter appeals from the trial court’s judgment denying her Rule 74.06(b) motion, which sought relief from what Porter contended was a void judgment. The trial court held that Porter was precluded from reasserting the issues raised in her current motion, because she had raised the same issues in an earlier motion, lost, and appealed, but failed to prosecute her appeal from the earlier adverse ruling to a conclusion. We affirm.

Factual Background

In November 2000, Sherri Porter rear-ended a truck driven by Robert Cain in which his wife, Elizabeth Cain, was a passenger. In…