R.G. Financial Corp. v. Vergara-Nuñez

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• finding that under the transactional approach generally adhered to in Puerto Rico, a final judgment against the first-action defendant typically precludes the later assertion of compulsory counterclaims by that party
• holding mortgage servicer and mortgage holder were sufficiently identical under Puerto Rico law to justify precluding action by mortgagors to rescind under TILA where mortgage servicer had already secured a default judgment against the mortgagors in a foreclosure action
• applying Puerto Rico’s law regarding res judicata to determine the preclusive effect of a judgment entered by the Puerto Rico Court of First Instance
• analyzing privity under Puerto Rico res judicata statute, which is construed “pragmatically”
• “The court may supplement the facts contained in the pleadings by considering documents fairly incorporated therein and facts susceptible to judicial notice.”
• “The court may supplement the facts contained in the pleadings by considering documents fairly incorporated therein . . . .”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).