Plaintiffs Argue Res Judicata Does Not Bar Claims In Federal Suit

(December 6, 2016, 10:41 AM EST) -- INDIANAPOLIS — Plaintiffs involved in an environmental class action suit in Indiana federal court argue in a Nov. 7 response to an insurer’s motion for summary judgment that their claims are not barred by res judicata because a judgment entered in favor of the insurer in a separate federal suit applies only to claims alleged against the insured in a state lawsuit filed by the plaintiffs and not the plaintiffs’ federal class action suit (Carmine Greene, et al. v. Kenneth Will, et al., No. 09-510, N.D. Ind.)....