Hazlewood v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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• finding the doctrine applicable when the state court can offer “equal and adequate relief” to the parties and when both actions may “contain all of the issues” set forth in either action
• although the parties were not identical, they shared congruent interests which was \further evidenced by their sharing of the same counsel\
• although the parties were not identical, they shared congruent interests which was “further evidenced by their sharing of the same counsel”
• the court applied the prior pending action in an effort to save judicial resources, avoid inconsistent adjudication, and because its application did not prejudice the plaintiff in the second filed action
• the plaintiff in the first filed action’s “choice of forum is given substantial weight and will not be disturbed unless the balance of factors weighs strongly in favor of another forum.”
• the plaintiff in the first filed action's \choice of forum is given substantial weight and will not be disturbed unless the balance of factors weighs strongly in favor of another forum.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).