She can appeal, but if she does she will lose again and she will have to buy you a transcript of the trial, which is priceless, frankly.
She cannot bring the case against you again because it was adjudicated on its merits and dismissed. If she does it again, she will be in contempt of court.
She can try to bring it against Lori but she will not succeed. Issue preclusion will be a cause for dismissal and throw that case right out. The issue was decided.
Oh, whew, I was hoping you would know the answers to that! The document is a little confusing, it just says "Case Dismissed" and I did searches online but couldn't find anywhere that explained exactly what that meant. I thought it was something like "the court's kicking this back to a lower court."
I wasn't that worried about the appeal because from what I understand, the parameters for appeal are so narrow in Small Claims. I was more worried about Lori.
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Date: 2010-01-14 03:22 am (UTC)She cannot bring the case against you again because it was adjudicated on its merits and dismissed. If she does it again, she will be in contempt of court.
She can try to bring it against Lori but she will not succeed. Issue preclusion will be a cause for dismissal and throw that case right out. The issue was decided.
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Date: 2010-01-14 03:28 am (UTC)I wasn't that worried about the appeal because from what I understand, the parameters for appeal are so narrow in Small Claims. I was more worried about Lori.