Opinion ID: 2077226
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Heading: Standard of Review; Res Judicata

Text: [¶ 15] We review a grant of a summary judgment on a res judicata issue de novo, viewing the record in the light most favorable to the party against whom judgment has been granted to decide whether the parties' statements of material facts and the referenced record material reveal a genuine issue of material fact. Portland Co. v. City of Portland, 2009 ME 98, ¶¶ 21-22, 979 A.2d 1279, 1287 (quotation marks omitted). Under the doctrine of res judicata, a party and its privies are barred from relitigating claims or issues that have already been decided. Id. ¶ 22, 979 A.2d at 1287.