Dueck v. Kerrigan

Citations

• 2025 Ohio 1253

Syllabus

Motion for summary judgment; motion for reconsideration; res judicata; claim preclusion; issue preclusion. The trial court did not err in granting the defendants-appellees' motions for summary judgment where the causes of action argued by the plaintiffs-appellants were barred by res judicata. The trial court did not err in denying the plaintiffs-appellants' motion for reconsideration of the dismissal of Count 2 under its complaint. Pursuant to claim preclusion, Count 2 should have been litigated in a prior lawsuit that shared the same parties and arose from the same occurrence or transaction and, therefore, the claim was barred by res judicata.