What is the effect of a judgment in favour of plaintiff's husband and the driver in her motor vehicle accident case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Taylor v. Hawkinson, 306 P.2d 797, 47 Cal.2d 893 (Cal. 1957):
It may be conceded that the judgment in favor of plaintiff's husband and the driver is now final, that their causes of action are merged therein, and that it constitutes a bar to any further prosecution of their original claims. As was pointed out in Sutphin v. Speik, 15 Cal.2d 195, 201-202, 99 P.2d 652, 655, 101 P.2d 497, the doctrine of res judicata has two aspects.
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