You said:...

"DM will be able to revisit the doc. 303 issue and is now able to "save" it for future rounds with the deeper pocketed defendants"...

Right on; document # 303, remains "alive", and the issues addressed therein can be addressed again if raised by others in different venues, and Judge Krieger's RULING remains equivocal and unresolved, thus not res-judicata.

Gil...