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- Title: Scola v. Boat Frances R.
- Author : United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
- Release Date : January 30, 1976
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 53 KB
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ALDRICH, Senior Circuit Judge. This is an appeal by the Boat Frances R., Inc. from a judgment in favor of plaintiff seaman following a jury verdict. In a prior state court proceeding, which plaintiff terms a ""friendly suit,"" more accurately, perhaps, an unfriendly suit, defendant obtained a consent judgment against itself in a miniscule amount. The sole issue on this appeal is whether that judgment is binding under the full faith and credit clause of the Constitution, Art. IV, ร§ 1, or stands no better than a seaman's voidable release, Garrett v. Moore-McCormack Co., 1942, 317 U.S. 239, 87 L. Ed. 239, 63 S. Ct. 246.