Legal Opinion
Butler v. Reeder
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided November 23, 1993No. 93-CA-326PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOTHARD, Judge.
This is an appeal of a trial court decision, granting defendant’s exception of res judica-ta and effectively dismissing the lawsuit. For the following reasons, we reverse and remand.
On March 6,1990, appellant, Perrin Butler, filed suit against appellee, Dr. William Reed-er, in the 22nd Judicial District Court for the Parish of St. Tammany. The suit, number 90-11068, sought damages for intentional infliction of emotional distress, arising out of Reeder’s alleged affair with Butler’s wife pri- or to their separation and divorce. Previously, on October 25, 1989, and November 16,…
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