Ratner v. Rockwood Sprinkler Co.

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• stating that prior adjudication on the merits operates as a bar to a later proceeding on the same cause of action \as to every issue that in fact was or in law might have been adjudicated\
• tort action arising out of malfunction of sprinkler system barred contract action based on same failure of sprinkler system
• action alleging breach of contract for defect in a sprinkler system barred by judgment in a previous tort action on a theory of negligence arising out of the same facts
• “The statement of a different form or liability is not a different cause of action, provided it grows out of the same transaction, act, or agreement, and seeks redress for the same wrong . . .” quoting Mackintosh v. Chambers, 285 Mass. 594, 596-97 (1934)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).