OLDHAM v. PRITCHETT

No. 78-1312.

599 F.2d 274 (1979)

Mike OLDHAM, Charles J. Oldham and Rona Oldham, Appellants, v. Margaret Ann PRITCHETT, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 29, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David F. Sullivan of Prewitt, Jones & Karchmer, Springfield, Mo., argued for appellants; James K. Prewitt, Springfield, Mo., on brief.

Ronald Lynn Myers of Daniel, Clampett, Rittershouse, Dalton & Chaney, Springfield, Mo. (argued), and Richard Paul Wacker, Springfield, Mo., on brief, for appellee.

Before LAY and HEANEY, Circuit Judges, and HANSON, Senior District Judge.


HANSON, Senior District Judge.

This is an appeal by Mike, Charles J., and Rona Oldham from summary judgment on their civil action for damages arising under admiralty law. Essentially, appellee Margaret Ann Pritchett contended that the Oldhams were barred on the grounds of res judicata or collateral estoppel from relitigating the issues of Pritchett's negligence and the Oldhams' damages. Both of these issues, Pritchett argued, were finally adjudicated in a prior exoneration...

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