AC44836, AC45267 - Barbara v. Colonial Surety Co. ("In Docket No. AC 44836, Colonial appeals from the
denial of its motion for summary judgment in the Barbaras’ action, in which it asserted that the Barbaras’ claims
were precluded pursuant to the doctrines of res judicata
and collateral estoppel. In Docket No. AC 45267, the
Barbaras appeal from the judgment of the trial court
rendered following the granting of Colonial’s motion
for summary judgment in the indemnity action. On
appeal, Colonial claims that the court improperly concluded that the Barbaras’ action is not precluded by
the doctrines of res judicata and/or collateral estoppel,
and the Barbaras claim that the court improperly concluded that they failed to raise a genuine issue of material fact with respect to their allegations that Colonial
acted in bad faith in settling the New York action. We
affirm the judgments of the trial court.")