Pearlman v. Truppo

Ackerson, S. C. C.

This action is to recover damages resulting from a collision between the automobile of the plaintiff Morris Pearlman and that of the defendant, Frank Truppo. A discontinuance has been entered as to all the plaintiffs except Pearlman. The defendant, Truppo, now moves for leave to file an amended answer so as to include a fifth separate defense of res adjudícala arising out of the circumstance that one, Helen Lerman, a passenger injured in Pearlman’s car at the time of the collision, having heretofore sued both Lerman and Truppo as co-defendants, recovered a judgment against…