Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 97,113 Carolyn O. Goldman v. Northrop Corp., Nominal Ernst and Ernst, R. P. Colley, Thomas J. Jones

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• concluding that although the parties’ settlement agreement covered more ground than the original complaint, the settlement agreement controlled
• finding subsequent action barred under res judicata because real party in both actions was corporation
• “The parties are the same, although represented by different shareholders. . . . The corporation was the sole real party in interest in both cases.”
• while the court held that a settlement may contain issues not stated in a complaint for res judicata purposes, the court viewed the settlement and the complaint, as well as negotiations leading to the settlement, to determine intent of the parties

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