Carnival Corp. v. Middleton

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• holding that a dismissal on statute of limitations grounds constitutes an adjudication on the merits for purposes of res judicata
• acknowledging that the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida had enforced a forum-selection clause identical to the one before us over an objection based upon inadequate jury waiver
• acknowledging that the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida had enforced a forum-selection clause identical to the one before us over an objection based upon inadequate jury waiver
• issuing writ of prohibition quashing order of trial court, which had “re-instated” a personal injury action that previously had been dismissed on the basis of identical forum-selection clause
• “[A] dismissal based on statute of limitations grounds constitutes an adjudication on the merits for - 28 - purposes of res judicata.”

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