Cafferata v. Peyser

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that a patient's settlement of a prior action brought against him by doctors for payment of a bill did not bar medical malpractice action against doctors
• holding that a patient's settlement of a prior action brought against him by doctors for payment of a bill did not bar medical malpractice action against doctors
• addressing the objectionable hearsay of attorneys certifying to facts not based on their personal knowledge
• requiring evidential hearing when plaintiff's knowledge of initial suit is disputed
• no bar to second suit where no \fair and reasonable opportunity to have fully litigated that claim in the original action\
• \it is well settled that [the entire controversy doctrine] does not bar transactionally related claims of which a party was unaware during the pendency of the prior litigation\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).