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SCEARSE v. LEWIS

No. 2000-CA-000319-MR.

43 S.W.3d 287 (2001)

William O. SCEARSE; and; Eula F. Scearse, Appellants, v. Phillip LEWIS; and; Karen Chrisman Blanford, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied March 30, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William O. Scearse, Bledsoe, pro se.

Eula F. Scearse, Bledsoe, KY, pro se.

Matthew B. Troutman, Louisville, for Appellant.

Asa P. Gullett, III, Gullett, Combs, Reed & Bowling, Hazard, for Appellee.

Before GUDGEL, Chief Judge, COMBS, and McANULTY, Judges.

OPINION

McANULTY, Judge:

This is an appeal from the trial court's order granting the defendants' motion to dismiss. We conclude that Appellants' complaint stated a claim which was not barred by the doctrine of res judicata and therefore reverse.

In 1989 Appellants, William and Eula Scearse, employed Appellees, Phillip Lewis and Karen Blanford, to represent them in a legal dispute with Eula's siblings concerning a deed to a five-acre tract...

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