Zaun v. Nobles

Bell, Chief Judge.

In this case a prior action between the same parties for the same claim was dismissed by the trial court for the plaintiffs failure to prosecute and to make discovery. In the instant case the defendant defended on the grounds that the dismissal of the prior suit was res judicata. Where, as here, it appears that a prior dismissal of the case was involuntary under CPA Section 41 Ob) (Code Ann. § 81A-141 (b)) and the trial court did not specify that the dismissal would not operate as an adjudication on the merits, the dismissed suit acts as res judicata on the subsequent suit.…