What is the effect of res judicata on relitigation of a cause of action?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from Ronald F. v. Dep't of Developmental Servs., 213 Cal.Rptr.3d 427, 8 Cal.App.5th 84 (Cal. App. 2017):

The doctrine of res judicata bars relitigation of a cause of action resolved, or that could have been resolved in a prior adjudicatory proceeding. (Hi Desert Medical Center v. Douglas (2015) 239 Cal.App.4th 717, 733, 190 Cal.Rptr.3d 897.)

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