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EVANS v. CELOTEX CORP.

Docket No. A033273.

194 Cal.App.3d 741 (1987)

238 Cal. Rptr. 259

MELISA EVANS et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. CELOTEX CORPORATION, Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Five.

July 2, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Burton Danziger and Steven Kazan for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Barbara A. Silver, Laura Przetak, Carolyn Collins and Berry & Berry for Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

LOW, P.J.

We hold that after a plaintiff has lost a personal injury suit and then dies, the ensuing judgment collaterally estops his heirs from any new lawsuit for wrongful death arising from the same injury.

Plaintiffs, the widow and children of the deceased Stokes Evans, appeal from a judgment of dismissal entered on their wrongful death complaint against Celotex Corporation...

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