Legal Opinion
Silva v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided March 23, 2010No. 09-CA-686PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALTER J. ROTHSCHILD, Judge.
|2In this suit arising from an automobile accident, the plaintiff, Maria Silva, appeals a trial court ruling maintaining defendant’s exception of res judicata in favor of State Farm Mutual Insurance Company. The trial court found that a release document signed by plaintiff included State Farm and dismissed the plaintiffs claim against the insurance company. For the following reasons, we affirm the trial court judgment.
Facts and Procedural History
Maria E. Silva filed the original lawsuit alleging she was involved in an accident on July 18, 2005 when James Wysingle…
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