Blake v. Charleston Area Medical Center, Inc.

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• holding that one of the elements necessary for res judicata to apply is a final adjudication on the merits by a court having jurisdiction of the proceedings
• concluding that “the default ruling in the initial case between CAMC and the Blakes satisfies the criteria for a final adjudication on the merits by a court of competent jurisdiction.” (citations omitted)
• concluding that \the default ruling in the initial case between CAMC and the Blakes satisfies the criteria for a final adjudication on the merits by a court of competent jurisdiction.\ (citations omitted)
• noting that for res judicata to apply, “there must have been a final adjudication on the merits in the prior action by a court having jurisdiction of the proceedings” (emphasis supplied)
• identifying elements necessary to bar further prosecution under principles of res judicata
• “under the doctrine of res judicata, a judgment on the merits in a prior suit bars a second suit involving the same parties or their privies based on the same cause of action”

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