Pantazis v. Oakland Convention and Visitors Bureau
In 1993, while employed by the Oakland Convention and Visitors Bureau (OCVB1), Athena Pantazis sustained a workplace injury. She was terminated the following year. She obtained a workers’ compensation liability award in 1998 on her complaint for retaliatory termination, and a monetary award in 2003. In the meantime, her employer changed its name to the Oakland Convention and Visitors Authority. A new corporation was formed under the name Oakland Convention and Visitors Bureau (OCVB2) in 1999. Pantazis attempted to satisfy her judgment from the accounts of OCVB2. The Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) concluded that OCVB2 was not the judgment debtor and this court denied a writ petition challenging that decision. Pantazis filed the instant civil action in the superior court in 2011, seeking to hold OCVB2 liable for the debt under different legal theories. The trial court ruled that the principles of res judicata barred the instant action. We agree and affirm.
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