A judgment in any jurisdiction for or against the plaintiff upon the substantive merits of any action for damages founded upon a single publication or exhibition or utterance as described in section 6-702 , Idaho Code, shall bar any other action for damages by the same plaintiff against the same defendant founded upon the same publication or exhibition or utterance.

[6-703, added 1953, ch. 109, sec. 2, p. 143; am. 2022, ch. 111, sec. 3, p. 370.]