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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Fuller finds that the trial court improperly ruled in favor of the company with respect to the property owner's negligence and design defects claims in an action arising after he developed cancer allegedly due to wood dust discharged onto his property from the company's paper mill and wood chipper. The trial court should have applied Virginia law in weighing whether the property owner's claims were barred by the doctrine of res judicata based on his prior participation in a federal class action. The property owner's design defects and negligence claims fall under the category of personal injury claims that qualify for an exception to the application of res judicata. However, the trial court correctly found that the property owner's breach of contract, fraud and conspiracy claims are barred by res judicata. Reversed in part.