By: Derek Hawkins//May 5, 2020//
7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Case Name: Rexing Quality Eggs v. Rembrandt Enterprises, Inc.,
Case No.: 19-2146
Officials: WOOD, Chief Judge, and HAMILTON and SCUDDER, Circuit Judges.
Focus: Claim Splitting Ban
This case is the second to arise out of an ill-fated relationship between Rexing Quality Eggs and Rembrandt Enterprises, Inc. The first case addressed various claims arising under a contract that the two parties formed at the outset of their business dealings. Although this case arises out of the same transaction, this time Rexing, the plaintiff, has raised tort claims. The question on appeal is whether its effort to bring a new action is consistent with Indiana’s prohibition on claim splitting, under which a plaintiff is forbidden to bring a case presenting claims that arise out of the same transaction or events that underlie claims brought in another lawsuit. We hold that the claim-splitting ban applies here, and so we affirm the district court’s judgment.
Affirmed