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BLAKELY v. COUCH

48195.

129 Ga. App. 625 (1973)

200 S.E.2d 493

BLAKELY et al. v. COUCH.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided September 13, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McCamy, Minor, Phillips & Tuggle, Joseph T. Tuggle, Jr., J. T. Fordham, Jones, Kemp & Osteen, Charles M. Jones, Miller, Beckmann & Simpson, A. Martin Kent, for appellants.

Mitchell, Mitchell, Coppedge & Boyett, William T. Boyett, for appellee.

CLARK, Judge.

Appellants' able attorneys ardently argue that a previous judgment rendered in the U. S. District Court for appellant Blakely against the employers of appellee Couch preclude Couch as plaintiff from proceeding against Blakely and Blakely's employer in the instant suit in the state court. This contention is based upon those legal principles generally referred to as "estoppel by judgment" or "collateral estoppel...

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