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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Worthen finds the trial court improperly granted the parents' motion for summary judgment in this suit arising upon their son's accidentally killing his friend with a shotgun during a prank. The at-fault parents originally settled with the parents of the deceased for $25,000, but late discovery indicated that the at-fault son’s grandfather had given false testimony, resulting in their seeking recission and a suit for damages. Because no summary-judgment evidence shows that the parents of the deceased filed a second lawsuit raising the same claims as those in the underlying litigation, the at-fault parents’ affirmative defense of res judicata does not apply. Other arguments regarding summary judgment evidence authentication are not preserved for review. Reversed and remanded. Affirmed in part.