Deborah O'Connor v. North Okaloosa Medical Center

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• holding that “where there is an absence of a prior final adjudication on the merits, [claim preclusion] does not apply”
• “The general principle behind the doctrine of res judicata is that a final judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction is absolute and puts to rest every justiciable, as well as every actually litigated, issue.”

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