Sealy v. Dodge

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 medical malpractice action was not barred by res judicata where the initial action did not involve an adjudication on the merits but instead involved the child’s capacity to sue and whether there was an improper joinder of the causes of action
• dismissal for improper joinder and lack of capacity to sue precluded only those issues
• dismissal for improper joinder and lack of capacity to sue precluded only those issues
• “[Dismissal ... does not bar a subsequent action brought before expiration of the statute of limitations if the dismissal is based merely on the insufficiency of the complaint.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).