CASE PREVIEW · Michigan Court of Appeals
Roman v St Simon Indep Romanian Orthodox Church
Res judicata bars priest's renewed compensation claims after settled, consent-judgment-closed prior action
Decided
The citation
Roman v St Simon Indep Romanian Orthodox Church, unpublished per curiam opinion of the Court of Appeals, issued October 1, 2026 (Docket No. 375554), pp 4-6
From the case summary
Plaintiff, a priest of a Westland parish from about 2012 to 2016, claimed unpaid salary, housing allowance, and expenses. In 2015 the parish purportedly deeded him a parish house to satisfy much of that debt; the Archdiocese disputed the parish's authority. A 2017 suit over…
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