STEPHEN SIMON
v.
JOSEPH HALEGUA
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A judgment on the merits rendered in a former suit between the same parties upon the same cause of action is conclusive as to every matter which was offered and received to sustain or defeat the claim, and as to every other matter which might with propriety have been litigated and determined in that action.
[1] A judgment on the merits in a former suit between the same parties on the same cause of action is conclusive not only as to matters actually litigated but also as to ever…
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Join FLexlaw to unlock all legal intelligence“A judgment on the merits rendered in a former suit between the same parties or their privies, upon the same cause of action, by a court of competent jurisdiction, is conclusive not only as to every matter which was offered and received to sustain or defeat the claim, but as to every other matter which might with propriety have been litigated and determined in that action.”
Definition of res judicata doctrine cited from Florida Dep't of Transp. v. Juliano, 801 So. 2d 101, 105 (Fla. 2001)
Stephen Simon appealed a circuit court judgment in Miami-Dade County. The lower court applied res judicata principles to bar Simon's claims.…
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PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. See Florida Dep’t of Transp. v. Juliano, 801 So. 2d 101, 105 (Fla. 2001) (the Florida Supreme Court has “explained that under the doctrine of res judicata: A judgment on the merits rendered in a former suit between the same parties or their privies, upon the same cause of action, by a court of competent jurisdiction, is conclusive not only as to every matter which was offered and received to sustain or defeat the claim, but as to every other matter which might with propriety have been litigated and determined in that action” (emphasis in original)).