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ABBOTT v. WILLIAMS

No. 88-7675.

888 F.2d 1550 (1989)

Lei ABBOTT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Harlan Owens WILLIAMS, Jr., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

November 30, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McElvy & Ford, Douglas McElvy, Tuscaloosa, Ala., for plaintiff-appellant.

Lee, Barrett, Mullins, Smith & Smithart, P.C., Michael D. Smith, Tuscaloosa, Ala., for defendant-appellee.

Before TJOFLAT, Chief Judge, JOHNSON, Circuit Judge, and ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.

TJOFLAT, Chief Judge:

This is a tort suit, brought by Lei Abbott against her former husband, Harlan Owens Williams, Jr.1 The district court granted Williams summary judgment on the ground of res judicata, concluding that Abbott's tort claim against Williams, based on conduct that occurred during the parties' marriage, had been previously adjudicated by the state court divorce decree that dissolved the marriage. We reverse.

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