[WSBARP] very off-topic question of civil procedure

[Carl Gay]

Dear Colleagues,



Can any of you litigators out there tell me if a contract dispute between
the same parties goes to trial in small claims court and the $5,000
judgment in plaintiff’s favor is affirmed in district court, is the losing
district court defendant precluded from later suing the plaintiff over the
identical dispute in superior court?

Sure seems like res judicata/collateral estoppel to me, but Civil Procedure
101 was in the late 1970’s for me.



Best regards,

Carl Gay

Port Angeles



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