Chapman Nursing Home, Inc. v. McDonald

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• explaining the principal test for comparing causes of action in a res judicata determination is whether the primary right and duty or wrong are the same in both actions
• stating res judicata applies not only to the precise legal theory of claim pre- sented in the prior case, but to all legal theories and claims arising out of the same nucleus of operative facts
• providing under Alabama law, the elements of res judicata are: “(1) a prior judgment on the merits, (2) rendered by a court of competent jurisdiction, (3) with substantial identity of the parties, and (4) with the same cause of action presented in both actions”

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