Porterfield v. Gilmer

Webb, Judge.

We have before us an appeal involving legal *464principles generally referred to as "estoppel by judgment,” "collateral estoppel,” "estoppel by verdict,” or "res judicata.” See generally Sumner v. Sumner, 186 Ga. 390 (197 SE 833); Smith v. Wood, 115 Ga. App. 265 (154 SE2d 646). In a prior diversity of citizenship case brought in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, Otis Porterfield and his wife sought recovery from Philco Distributors, Inc. based solely upon the alleged negligence of Philco’s servant, Jeffrey Gilmer, in causing a collision between…