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are unpredictable and occur at lengthy and unforeseeable intervals <br />of time. <br />These conclusions are particularly appropriate here in light of <br />the extensive evidence produced at trial establishing that the First <br />North mine shaft of the Golden Eagle Mine was especially prone to <br />dilapidation and degradation due to poor structural conditions. A <br />former government official who inspected the Golden Eagle Mine <br />while it was operational and a former mine supervisor testified that <br />the First North portion of the mine suffered from substantial and <br />extraordinary problems -- including excessive retention of water <br />and a poor mining floor surface -- that created an extremely fragile <br />and "soupy" platform on which to undertake mining operations. <br />Given these findings, and consistent with the trial court's <br />conclusions, we conclude the court properly allowed recovery here <br />for the damage to homeowners' residence that occurred subseq (ent <br />to December 1997. <br />We also conclude that recovery is not barred by the doctrine of <br />res judicata. Res judicata precludes a claim that was or could have <br />been raised in a previous litigation. City & County of Denver v. <br />a <br />