California Court of Appeal

Judgment of dismissal is affirmed where the final adjudication on the merits of plaintiff's loss-of-consortium claim against defendant results in a res judicata bar of plaintiff's subsequent wrongful death action for loss-of-consortium damages against defendant arising from the same injury to plaintiff's spouse that was the basis for the adjudicated loss-of-consortium claim.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/11/2008
• Published 02/11/2008

Judges

• MOSK, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Law Offices of Michael J. Piuze, Michael J. Piuze, Los Angeles;  and Kenneth Chesebro for Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Horvitz & Levy, Lisa Perrochet, Adam M. Flake, Encino;  Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Lucy E. Mason and Patrick J. Gregory, San Franscico, for Defendant and Respondent.