MARTINO v. COTTMAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS, INC.

Docket Nos. 167208, 170567.

554 N.W.2d 17 (1996)

218 Mich. App. 54

Leonardo MARTINO and Trans One II, Inc., a Michigan corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. COTTMAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS, INC., a Pennsylvania corporation, Defendant-Appellant, and Michigan Bell Telephone Company, a Michigan corporation, Defendant. METRO DISTRIBUTING, INC., d/b/a A-1 Transmissions of Livonia, Ernest Iafrate, Gail Iafrate, Viper Transmissions, Inc., Richard Hamilton, Mark Culbertson, T.G.I.W., Inc., Robert L. Reimer, J.P. 1, Inc., James Dillon, Jim Dixon Enterprises, Inc., d/b/a A-1 Transmissions of Westland, Jim Dixon, G.G.S., Inc., d/b/a A-1 Transmissions, Jim Gregory, Bodnar, Inc., Anthony A. Bodnar, Tri Continental Petroleum, Tim Gaul, J.B.S. Enterprises, Inc., Philip V. Vermiglio, G. & I. Enterprises, Inc., Milton Green, and Michigan Bell Telephone Company, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. COTTMAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS, INC., a Pennsylvania corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided July 30, 1996, at 9:10 a.m.

Released for Publication September 27, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rosati Associates, P.C. by A.D. Rosati, West Bloomfield, for plaintiffs.

Dykema Gossett by Fred L. Woodworth and Thomas M. Pastore, Detroit, for defendant.

Before: TAYLOR, P.J., and MARILYN J. KELLY and J.R. COOPER, JJ.


MARILYN J. KELLY, Judge.

Defendant Cottman Transmission Systems, Inc. appeals from grants of partial summary disposition for plaintiffs in two cases, consolidated on appeal. Cottman asserts that plaintiff Leonardo Martino's action for rescission is barred by res judicata, because a prior Pennsylvania judgment should be given full faith and credit by Michigan courts. It argues that plaintiffs Martino and Trans One II, Inc...

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