E.W. Audet & Sons, Inc. v. Fireman's Fund Insurace Co. of Newark

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• explaining that the doctrine of res judicata not only precludes the relitigation of all issues the parties raised, but also those issues they could have raised in the original action
• noting that in order to meet the identity-of-issues requirement, the issue must not only be identical to the issues in the prior proceeding, but also have been actually litigated in and necessarily decided by the prior proceeding
• “[T]he issue sought to be precluded must be identical to the issue determined in the earlier proceeding * * *.”
• subcontractors and prime contractor were in privity for purposes of res judicata
• similar; elucidating Rhode Island law

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