DUPONT, C. J.
The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether a litigant, after a final judgment on the merits of a claim sounding in tort against a defendant, is barred by the principles of res judicata from thereafter pursuing a second cause of action, sounding in contract, stemming from the same set of facts, against the same defendant. In the present action, the plaintiff alleges that the defendants breached a contract with the plaintiff's employer and that this...
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