Opinion ID: 2074984
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Heading: kerndt action

Text: On February 5, 1988, in the district court for Douglas County, Kerndt filed an action against Ronans for a dissolution and accounting of the partnership composed of Kerndt, Dross, and Ronans. Kerndt also alleged that he had not been compensated for services that he performed for Ronans pursuant to an oral agreement. After successfully transferring the case to the district court for Dodge County, Ronans moved for summary judgment on the ground that dismissal of the Dross lawsuit in 1987 barred Kerndt's action in 1988. Finding that the doctrine of res judicata applied to and barred Kerndt's action filed in 1988, the district court determined that there was no genuine issue of material fact, sustained Ronans' motion for summary judgment, and dismissed Kerndt's action. The order overruling Kerndt's motion for a new trial, entered September 6, 1988, recited that Kerndt's action is barred under the doctrine of res judicata as the Order of June 24, 1987 entered in [Kerndt's] previous case in this Court on these same causes of action, was a decision of dismissal on the merits based on the testimony and evidence adduced during trial....