Campbell v. Lake Hallowell Homeowners Ass'n

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• holding that failure to plead the defense of collateral estoppel barred defendant from relying on the defense to obtain judgment in its favor
• explaining that Rule 2-323 “prevents unfair surprise and enables a plaintiff to concentrate the focus of his discovery” (citation omitted)
• noting that the rule “that a pending appeal does not affect the finality of a judgment” is now “followed by a majority of the states,” including Delaware
• declining to address arguments that the appellant raised for the first time in his reply brief
• “[S]ome definite act or threat not authorized by the process, or aimed at an objective not legitimate in the use of the process is required.”
• the pendency of an appeal does not affect the finality of a judgment for res judicata purposes

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