WEST v. KAWASAKI MOTORS MFG. CORP.

No. 90-2359.

595 So.2d 92 (1992)

Kenneth E. WEST and Rita West, his wife, Appellants, v. KAWASAKI MOTORS MANUFACTURING CORP., U.S.A. and Nosa, Inc., d/b/a Palmetto Kawasaki, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied April 14, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Perse & Ginsberg and Lawrence Rodgers and R. Fred Lewis, Miami, for appellants.

Roth, Edward & Smith and Larry M. Roth and Kenneth B. Gardner, Orlando, for appellees.

Before HUBBART and COPE and GODERICH, JJ.


HUBBART, Judge.

The central issue presented for review is whether a plaintiff is barred by the doctrine of res judicata from bringing strict liability in tort and negligence claims against the manufacturer and retailer of an allegedly defective product — when the plaintiff, as here, has already suffered an adverse judgment in virtually the same products liability action, based on the same operative facts, brought by the plaintiff against the wholesale distributor...

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