BEYOND INTERNATIONAL, INC.
v.
DIVERSE ENTERPRISES, LTD. CO., LLC
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A claim is barred by res judicata when a final judgment on the merits exists in a prior federal action, and a claim arising from the same transaction is also barred as a compulsory counterclaim that should have been raised in that prior action.
[1] Florida courts apply federal claim preclusion principles to determine whether a claim is barred by res judicata when a prior final judgment on the merits exists in federa…
[2] A claim arising from the same transaction as a prior federal judgment is barred as a compulsory counterclaim that should have been raised in the prior action.
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Join FLexlaw to unlock all legal intelligence“Florida courts apply principles of federal claim preclusion to determine whether a Florida claim is res judicata in cases where a prior federal court judgment exists. Under the federal law of res judicata, a final judgment on the merits of an action precludes the re-litigation of claims that were previously raised or could have been raised in a former action.”
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PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. See Educ. Res. Inst., Inc. v. Rickard, 924 So. 2d 40, 41 (Fla.
3d DCA 2006) (“Florida courts apply principles of federal claim preclusion to determine whether a Florida claim is res judicata in cases where a prior federal court judgment exists. Under the federal law of res judicata, a final judgment on the merits of an action precludes the re-litigation of claims that were previously raised or could have been raised in a former action.”); Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.170(a) (defining compulsory counterclaim as “any claim which at the time of serving the pleading the pleader has against any opposing party, provided it arises out of the transaction or occurrence that is the subject matter of the opposing party’s claim . . . .”); Rudner v. Cabrera, 455
So. 2d 1093, 1096 (Fla. 5th DCA 1984) (“The policy behind the compulsory counterclaim rule is to prevent multiplicity of actions and to require the resolution in a single lawsuit of all disputes arising out of the same transaction.”) (citations omitted).