Faulkner v. Caledonia County Fair Association

1. In this personal injury action, plaintiff appeals the Caledonia Superior Courts August 28, 2003 decision granting defendants motion to dismiss. Plaintiff argues on appeal that this action is sufficiently distinct from the lawsuit she filed, and eventually won, for injuries sustained as a result of the same occurrence giving rise to her current lawsuit. Because we agree with the trial court that the doctrine of claim preclusion bars plaintiff from relitigating the personal injury claims she pressed in her first lawsuit, we affirm.