GOZA v. SunTRUST BANK

No. W2014-00635-COA-R3-CV.

EDE GOZA, ET AL., v. SUNTRUST BANK.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, at Nashville.

Filed July 22, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry E. Parrish , Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellants, Ede Goza and Shirley Sue Noble Shaw.

Kenneth P. Jones and M. Matthew Thornton , Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellee, Suntrust Bank, N.A.

Herbert H. Slatery III , Attorney General & Reporter; Joseph F. Whalen , Acting Solicitor General; and Janet M. Kleinfelter , Deputy Attorney General; Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellee, Tennessee Attorney General.

W. NEAL MCBRAYER, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which ANDY D. BENNETT and RICHARD H. DINKINS, JJ. joined.


OPINION

This appeal arises from the dismissal of an action challenging the validity of and distribution of assets from a trust. The trial court held the suit was barred by the doctrine of res judicata. Because the plaintiffs in this action are in privity with previous challengers of the trust for purposes of res judicata...

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