Opinion ID: 2639670
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Sweers

Text: In Sweers, the plaintiff sued for negligence and premises liability arising out of the brawl. The district court granted Harrah's summary judgment because it concluded that Sweers failed to prove the standard of care that Harrah's owed its guests and that Harrah's breached that standard of care. Harrah's failed to establish that the plaintiffs in the Sweers case adequately represented appellants because the Sweers plaintiffs did not know they were representing appellants' interests, the court did not take care to protect appellants' interests, and appellants did not have notice of the Sweers case. Taylor, 553 U.S. at ___, 128 S.Ct. at 2176. Thus, the district court erred by applying nonparty issue preclusion to bar appellants' claims based on the Sweers case.