Contract Law Definition, Examples, Circumstances
For example, in a case of an auto accident, the plaintiff can’t sue first for property damage, and then private injury in a separate case. This known as res judicata or declare preclusion (“Res judicata” is the standard name going again centuries; the name shifted to “claim preclusion” within the United States over the late twentieth century). Claim preclusion applies whatever the plaintiff wins or loses the earlier case, even if the later case raises a special legal principle, even the second declare is unknown on the time of the first case.
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