“The remedy provided by summary proceedings is in addition to, and not exclusive of, other remedies, either legal, equitable or statutory.” MCL 600.5750. Accordingly, the application of res judicata in the context of a judgment of possession is limited to claims that were actually litigated. Sewell v Clean Cut Mgt, Inc, 463 Mich 569, 576-577 (2001). “Interpreting this provision, our Supreme Court has concluded that ‘the Legislature took these cases outside the realm of the normal rules concerning merger and bar in order that attorneys would not be obliged to fasten all other pending claims to the swiftly moving summary proceedings.’” King v Munro, 329 Mich App 594, 602 (2019), quoting Sewell, 463 Mich at 574 (concluding that “because plaintiff was not required to bring her negligence claim in the summary-eviction proceedings and the district court did not otherwise resolve the claim, res judicata [did] not bar plaintiff from bringing a negligence claim in the circuit court”). See the Michigan Judicial Institute’s Civil Proceedings Benchbook, Chapter 2, for additional information on the doctrine of res judicata.