Court Error – Claim Preclusion

By: Derek Hawkins//November 30, 2021//

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WI Court of Appeals – District III

Case Name: Troy Lasecki v. Bryan Nowak

Case No.: 2021AP54

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

Focus: Court Error – Claim Preclusion

Troy Lasecki appeals an order dismissing his claims against Bryan Nowak arising out of the dissolution of an LLC in which he and Nowak were the only members. Lasecki argues that the circuit court erred by concluding that his claims were compulsory counterclaims which were required to be pled in a prior case, Outagamie County case No. 2015CV1233, also involving Lasecki and Nowak, and were thus barred by the doctrine of claim preclusion. We conclude the court properly dismissed Lasecki’s claims against Nowak as being claim precluded and affirm.

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Derek A Hawkins is Corporate Counsel, at Salesforce.

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