Does the doctrine of merger preclude a plaintiff from seeking a second judgment against the same party?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Atlas Copco Canada Inc. v. Dirk Johannes Plate, 2020 ONSC 17 (CanLII):
The doctrine of merger, related to the doctrines of issue estoppel and res judicata, provides that a plaintiff who has been granted a judgment against a party is precluded from seeking a second judgment against the same party under the same cause of action: Moore v. Sweet, 2018 SCC 52 at paras. 89-91 and Peter v. Beblow, 1993 CanLII 126 (SCC), [1993] 1 S.C.R. 980 at para. 3.
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