Tausevich v. Board of Appeals of Stoughton

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• holding that partial summary judgment “[not] entered under Mass. R. Civ. P. 54(b)” has no res judicata effect
• holding that partial summary judgment \[not] entered under Mass. R. Civ. P. 54(b)\ has no res judicata effect
• suggesting that entry of a separate, appealable judgment dismissing an action forecloses relitigation of an issue
• declining to give issue preclusive effect to determinations made on a partial summary judgment in an earlier action between the parties where it was never expressed in an appealable order or judgment
• “[A] final judgment in the traditional sense is not essential to the applicability of issue preclusion.”
• partial summary judgment has no preclusive effect where there was no appealable judgment and earlier action was dismissed with prejudice after settlement

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