185 Conn. App. 656 - Smith v. BL Cos.’s Empirical Analysis

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7 state decisions

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1. “(Citations omitted; emphasis added; internal quotation marks omitted.) Id., at 159-60, 129 A.3d 677 . In Wheeler , the court declined to apply res judicata. This determination rested, in part, on the fact that the plaintiffs were not a party to the earlier action; id., at 163-64, 129 A.3d 677 ; but also because the court in Wheeler determined that there was not a significant overlap in the evidence required for each cause of action. Id. The court noted that the differences”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 185 Conn. App. 671 - Fisk v. BL Cos.

2. “Generally, for res judicata to apply, four elements must be met: (1) the judgment must have been rendered on the merits by a court of competent jurisdiction; (2) the parties to the prior and subsequent actions must be the same or in privity; (3) there must have been an adequate opportunity to litigate the matter fully; and (4) the same underlying claim must be at issue.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 185 Conn. App. 671 - Fisk v. BL Cos.

3. “1 Restatement (Second), Judgments § 24, comment (b), p. 199 (1982); see also Savvidis v. Norwalk , 129 Conn. App. 406 , 411-12, 21 A.3d 842 , cert. denied, 302 Conn. 913 , 27 A.3d 372 (2011). Thus, when the facts underlying the claims are the same, res judicata may apply. See Powell v. Infinity Ins. Co. , supra, 282 Conn. at 609 , 922 A.2d 1073 (”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 185 Conn. App. 671 - Fisk v. BL Cos.