Yuen v. Durham

ROGERS, Associate Judge:

This is an appeal from the grant of summary judgment and denial of a motion for reconsideration. Because appellee failed to seek a judgment against appellant in the full amount to which he was entitled in a prior suit, he is precluded by res judicata from obtaining another judgment on the same claim against appellant for an additional amount. Accordingly, we reverse.

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Yuen and Durham entered into a sales contract in the District of Columbia in January 1981, whereby Yuen purchased a gasoline station in the District of Columbia known as Durham’s Texacare. Durham also…