Finley v. St. John's Mercy Medical Center

CRANE, Presiding Judge.

Two appeals have been consolidated in this opinion. The first appeal raises the issue of whether a party who has recovered disability benefits under a disability plan from the date of disability to the date of judgment in a prior judgment is barred by principles of res judicata or collateral estoppel from bringing a subsequent action to recover disability benefits alleged to be due after the date of the previous judgment. We hold that res judica-ta and collateral estoppel do not apply. We reverse the trial court’s judgment dismissing the petition filed in the subsequent…