Ragsdale v. Rubbermaid, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the principal test in the Eleventh Circuit for “determining whether the causes of action are the same is whether the primary right and duty are the same in each case.”
• barring relator’s FCA retaliatory discharge claim under res judicata because it arose out of same nucleus of operative fact as his FCA qui tarn claim
• “[I]f a case arises out of the same nucleus of operative fact, or is based upon the same factual predicate, as a former action, ... the two cases are really the same ‘claim’ or ‘cause of action’ for purposes of res judicata.”
• “Under Eleventh Circuit precedent, a claim will be barred by prior litigation if all four of the following elements are present: (1) there is a final judgment on the merits; (2) the decision was rendered by a court of competent jurisdiction; (3
• “[I]f a case arises out of the same nucleus of operative fact, or is based upon the same factual predicate, as a former action, ... the two cases are really the same ‘claim’ or ‘cause of action’ for purposes of res judicata.” (quotation omitted)
• warning against strategic claim splitting

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).