R.S. v. Pacificare Life & Health Insurance

Opinion

RUBIN, Acting P. J.

This appeal involves California’s application of the full faith and credit clause of the United States Constitution (U.S. Const., art. IV, § 1) to a Missouri state court judgment. Bound by that clause, we affirm the superior court’s judgment dismissing the complaint of appellants R.C. and R.S. because the Missouri judgment barred their complaint.

FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

Because this appeal is from a judgment sustaining a demurrer without leave to amend, we state the facts as alleged in appellants’ complaint without passing on their veracity. (Blank v. Kirwan (1985) 39…