TENNECO OIL CO. v. TEMPLIN

A91A0810.

201 Ga. App. 30 (1991)

410 S.E.2d 154

TENNECO OIL COMPANY et al. v. TEMPLIN et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided September 3, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Freeman & Hawkins, Howell Hollis III, Michael E. Hutchins, for appellants.

Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, L. Bruce Hedrick, Jr., Haas, Bridges & Kane, Alvin L. Bridges, Jr., for appellees.


POPE, Judge.

The issues presented in this appeal appear to be issues of first impression in this state. The first is whether a claim by a defendant in a tort action action against a plaintiff for contribution for damages awarded in favor of a co-plaintiff is a compulsory counterclaim so that the defendant is barred by the doctrine of res judicata from pursuing the claim for contribution in a separate action after judgment has been rendered. The other is whether a...

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