Foreclosure – Claim Preclusion

By: Derek Hawkins//August 14, 2018//

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WI Court of Appeals – District III

Case Name: Ida Hautop v. County of Bayfield, et al.

Case No.: 2017AP1181

Officials: Stark, P.J., Hruz and Seidl, JJ.

Focus: Foreclosure – Claim Preclusion

Ida Hautop appeals a summary judgment granted in favor of the County of Bayfield, RM Bay Logging Inc., and the Department of Natural Resources (collectively “the County”). We conclude Hautop’s suit is barred by the doctrine of claim preclusion based on a previous foreclosure judgment and the denial of a prior motion to vacate the foreclosure judgment. Accordingly, we affirm.

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Attorney Derek A. Hawkins is the managing partner at Hawkins Law Offices LLC, where he heads up the firm’s startup law practice. He specializes in business formation, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, private equity and venture capital funding and mergers & acquisitions. Check out the website at www.hawkins-lawoffices.com or contact them at 262-737-8825.

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