United States Fifth Circuit

The district court correctly dismissed defendant's second maintenance and cure suit, which contained the same facts and maintenance and cure causes of action as an earlier suit, because it was barred by claim and issue preclusion.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/25/2003
• Published 06/25/2003

Judges

• DeMOSS, Circuit Judge., Before DeMOSS and STEWART, Circuit Judges, and LITTLE, District Judge.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Alan Clifton Gordon (argued), Huseman & Pletcher, Corpus Christi, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Christopher Andrew Lowrance (argued), Nicholas Arthur Parma, Royston, Rayzor, Vickery & Williams, Corpus Christi, TX, for Defendant-Appellee.