Claim Preclusion

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WI Court of Appeals – District IV

Case Name: Communications Products Corporation, v. American Trust and Savings Bank, et al.

Case No.: 2016AP844

Officials: Lundsten, Sherman and Blanchard, JJ.

Focus: Claim Preclusion

Communications Products Corporation appeals a judgment of the circuit court granting summary judgment in favor of American Trust & Savings Bank, Jeffrey Vorwald, Thomas Utzig, Michael Polsky, and Beck, Chaet, Bamberger & Polsky, S.C., the law firm in which Polsky is a shareholder (collectively, “the Respondents”). Communications Products brought suit against the Respondents, alleging numerous claims against the Respondents, both individually and collectively. The circuit court granted summary judgment in favor of the Respondents on the basis that Communications Products’ claims are barred by both claim preclusion and issue preclusion, and because the statute of limitations has run on the claims. For the reasons discussed below, we conclude Communications Products claims are barred by claim preclusion and, therefore, affirm summary judgment.

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