TRAN v. FARMERS AND MERCHANTS INS. CO.

No. 04-CA-793.

892 So.2d 88 (2004)

Truyen TRAN and Truc Nguyen v. FARMERS AND MERCHANTS INSURANCE COMPANY, Potter Transport, Inc. and Philip Lee Kramel.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

December 14, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Lambremont, Sr., Baton Rouge, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellant, Truc Nguyen.

C. Gordon Johnson, Jr., Nicholas C. Gristina, Porteous, Hainkel & Johnson, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellee, Truck Insurance Exchange.

Panel composed of Judges THOMAS F. DALEY, MARION F. EDWARDS, and WALTER J. ROTHSCHILD.


THOMAS F. DALEY, Judge.

The plaintiff, Truc Nguyen, has appealed the trial court's grant of defendant's Exception of Res Judicata. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

FACTS:

This appeal stems from an accident that occurred on August 2, 2000 when a truck driven by Philip Lee Kramel struck a vehicle driven by Truyen Tran. Plaintiff was a guest passenger in the Tran vehicle. On February 8, 2001, plaintiff executed a release discharging Mr. Tran...

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