Paul S. Woolley v. Eastern Air Lines, Inc.

Seeking to plead around, and thereby escape the binding effect as res judicata of, the judgment 1 in an earlier action he had brought against appellant in the Southern District of Florida, appellant, plaintiff below, brought this suit in the Circuit Court of Dade County, Florida. The cause was removed to the Southern District of Florida, where the defendant, raising the defenses of res judicata es-toppel by judgment and estoppel by verdict, based on the judgment of the district court in the earlier case and its affirmance in this court, moved to dismiss, the motion was granted, judgment was…