Angela Bachman v. Toyota Motor Corporation

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Originating case number: 1:10-cv-00263-CCE-PTS Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [998726882].. [11-1402]

Appeal: 11-1402

Document: 25

Date Filed: 11/21/2011

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 11-1402

ANGELA BACHMAN, Personal Representative of the Estate of
Jeffrey Bachman,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION; TOYOTA MOTOR
INCORPORATED, a California Corporation,

SALES,

U.S.A.,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District
District of North Carolina, at Durham.
District Judge. (1:10-cv-00263-CCE-PTS)

Submitted:

October 20, 2011

Court for the Middle
Catherine C. Eagles,

Decided:

November 21, 2011

Before WILKINSON, AGEE, and KEENAN, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Michael W. Patrick, LAW OFFICE OF MICHAEL W. PATRICK, Chapel
Hill, North Carolina, for Appellant.
Joel H. Smith, Shawn B.
Deery, BOWMAN AND BROOKE LLP, Columbia, South Carolina; Leslie
Lane Mize, NELSON MULLINS RILEY & SCARBOROUGH, LLP, Raleigh,
North Carolina, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

Appeal: 11-1402

Document: 25

Date Filed: 11/21/2011

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PER CURIAM:
Angela Bachman (“Bachman”), as personal representative
of the estate of Jeffrey Bachman, appeals the district court’s
order accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and
dismissing her civil complaint.

The district court dismissed

the action on the grounds that it was barred by res judicata
See Jaffe v.

because of Bachman’s earlier California action.

Accredited Surety & Cas. Co., 294 F.3d 584, 590-91 (4th Cir.
2002) (regarding

full

faith

and

credit

given

court actions in any later federal suit).

to

prior

state

We review de novo a

district court’s grant of a motion to dismiss under Fed. R. Civ.
P. 12(b)(6), see Philips v. Pitt Cnty. Mem’l Hosp., 572 F.3d
176,

179-80

(4th

Cir.

2009),

reveals no reversible error.

and

our

review

of

the

record

Accordingly, we affirm for the

reasons stated by the district court.

Bachman v. Toyota Motor

Corp., No. 1:10-cv-00263-CCE-PTS (M.D.N.C. Apr. 14, 2011).
dispense

with

oral

argument

because

the

facts

and

We

legal

contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the
court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED

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