SMITH, Judge.
This appeal presents the question of whether a defendant who has voluntarily dismissed without prejudice a compulsory counterclaim may renew that counterclaim as an original action under OCGA § 9-2-61 after the plaintiff has voluntarily dismissed with prejudice the main claim without objection by the defendant. The trial court ruled that res judicata bars the renewal of such a counterclaim and granted summary judgment to the former plaintiff, Stokes...
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