If a plaintiff is no caused on the issues of negligence or contributory negligence in a suit against the owner of an automobile, is this no-cause judgment available as a res judicata defense as to these same issues in a subsequent action brought by the same plaintiff against the operator of the automobile, if the operator was not a party in the first action? This is the question to be determined on this motion.
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