Hernandez v. Woodard

Opinion by

Judge MARQUEZ.

In this action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained in a 1988 automobile accident, plaintiff, Luis Hernandez, appeals from the summary judgment entered in favor of defendant, Anna Woodard. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

Plaintiff brought this timely negligence action in 1990. Defendant filed an answer which asserted that the doctrine of res judi-cata barred plaintiff’s personal injury claims because he had failed to raise them in an earlier county court action to recover for property damages arising from the same incident.

*21Plaintiff filed a…