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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style="word-wrap:break-word"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Many thanks, Rod.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:15.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";letter-spacing:-.1pt">CARL LLOYD GAY</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";letter-spacing:-.1pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:15.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palace Script MT";letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:#c00000;background:white"> Non nobis solum nati sumus</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:#c00000"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white"> </span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white">“Not unto ourselves alone are we born” </span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span><span style="font-size:5.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt">~</span><span style="font-size:5.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white">the motto of Willamette University~</span><span style="font-size:5.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:15.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palace Script MT";letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Palace Script MT""> </span></i><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Palace Script MT"">Law Offices</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif"> </span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif">G</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif">REENAWAY </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Harrington">& </span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif">G</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif">AY </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif"> </span><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bell MT",serif">Attorneys and Counselors at Law </span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif"> </span><span style="font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif">(</span><b><span style="font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Established 1985)</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif">734 East First Street Suite A</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif">Port Angeles, Washington 98362</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif">Email <a href="mailto:carl@greenawaylawfirm.com"><span style="color:blue">carl@greenawaylawfirm.com</span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif">Telephone (360) 452-3323</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif">Facsimile (360) 452-3724 </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt">THIS EMAIL TRANSMISSION IS INTENDED FOR THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY TO WHOM IT IS ADDRESSED, AND MAY CONTAIN PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION THAT IS COVERED BY THE ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS PRIVACY ACT (18 USC §§ 2510-2521). IF YOU ARE NOT THE INTENDED RECIPIENT OR AGENT RESPONSIBLE TO DELIVER THE MESSAGE TO THE INTENDED RECIPIENT, YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT ANY DISSEMINATION, DISTRIBUTION, OR COPYING OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS COMMUNICATION IN ERROR; PLEASE NOTIFY US IMMEDIATELY BY TELEPHONE AND/OR EMAIL AND DELETE THE ORIGINAL MESSAGE. THANK YOU </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none"> <a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a> <<a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Rod Harmon<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 6, 2023 6:24 PM<br><b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv <<a href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] very off-topic question of civil procedure</span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Carl:</p><p class="MsoNormal">I think your instincts are correct. The problem is demonstrating what the first case was about since there is usually not much of a record in small claims court.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1f497d">Rod Harmon</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">RODNEY T. HARMON</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> Attorney at Law</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> P.O. Box 1066</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> Bothell, WA 98041</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> Tel: (425) 402-7800</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> Fax: (425) 458-9096</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> <a href="http://www.rodharmon.com/">www.rodharmon.com</a></span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> <a href="mailto:rodharmon@msn.com">rodharmon@msn.com</a></span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none"> <a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a> <<a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Carl Gay<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 6, 2023 5:29 PM<br><b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv <<a href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> [WSBARP] very off-topic question of civil procedure</span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Dear Colleagues,</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">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?</p><p class="MsoNormal">Sure seems like res judicata/collateral estoppel to me, but Civil Procedure 101 was in the late 1970’s for me.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Best regards,</p><p class="MsoNormal">Carl Gay</p><p class="MsoNormal">Port Angeles</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:15.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";letter-spacing:-.1pt">CARL LLOYD GAY</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:15.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palace Script MT";letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:#c00000;background:white"> Non nobis solum nati sumus</span></p><p 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