Farndish Foundation v. Strawder

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that doctrine of res judicata does not require all issues between spouses to be litigated in dissolution proceedings
• refusing to apply res judicata to preclude wife from bringing independent tort claim alleging that former husband had fraudulently converted and concealed life insurance policy
• refusing to apply res judicata to preclude wife from bringing independent tort claim alleging that former husband had fraudulently converted and concealed life insurance policy
• doctrine of res judicata does not bar relitigation of tort claim that had been litigated and decided in prior marital dissolution proceeding
• doctrine of res judicata does not bar relitigation of tort claim that had been litigated and decided in prior marital dissolution proceeding
• “[t]he doctrines of preclusion . . . should be flexible and must give way when their mechanical application would frustrate other social policies based on values equally or more important than the convenience afforded by finalily in legal controversies” [internal quotation marks omitted]

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).