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Collateral Estoppel
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Tort Talk
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Addresses Doctrines of Res Judicata As Well As Collateral Estoppel
In the case of In Re: Appeal of the Coatesville Area School District, No. 7 MAP 2020 (Pa. Jan. 20, 2021) (Op. by Saylor, C.J.), the court addressed the current…
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
A Claim Already Decided Elsewhere
Both Collateral Estoppel and Res Judicata were applied to two different lawsuits each arising from a Bankruptcy Proceeding. Plaintiff loses all around in Bauhouse Group I, Inc. v Kalikow 2021…
Alabama Workers' Comp Blawg
In Alabama Application of Collateral Estoppel Does Not Violate Right to Trial by Jury
By Publisher
On December 11, 2020, the Alabama Supreme Court rendered a decision finding that collateral estoppel does not violate the constitutional right to a trial by jury. This finding was…
Your ERISA Watch
Court Finds Collateral Estoppel Applies to Wit v. UBH Decision on Issue of Conflict of Interest in Residential Treatment Dispute
This week’s notable decision is Bain v. United Healthcare Inc., No. 15-CV-03305-EMC (N.D. Cal. Feb. 15, 2020), a case involving a dispute over residential treatment benefits. What’s notable about this…
A Lawyer's Blog
THE HIGH COST OF LITIGATION AND RES JUDICATA/COLLATERAL ESTOPPEL
In this matter, a dispute over approximately $13,000 in legal fees has been litigated in 4 courts.Kleinman v Weisman Law Group, P.C., 2019 NY Slip Op 07573, Decided on October…
Products Liability Law Legal Research Blog
No Due Process Violation in Application of Collateral Estoppel
By jtaylornlrg-com-jeremy-y-taylor
Jeremy Taylor—Senior Attorney, National Legal Research Group In a decision dated September 5, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held that the due process rights…
Archer Estate & Trust Litigation Law
In the Matter of the Estate of John F. Piazza, Deceased, No. A-2853-16T2, 2018 WL 4354298 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. Sept. 13, 2018).
By callen
10.25.2018In the Matter of the Estate of John F. Piazza, Deceased, No. A-2853-16T2, 2018 WL 4354298 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. Sept. 13, 2018). Collateral estoppel and related concepts were…
Legal Profession Blog
Signing Off
The New York Appellate Division for the First Judicial Department affirmed the dismissal of a claim brought against a client's former attorneysThe court properly concluded that collateral estoppel barred plaintiff…
Legal Profession Blog
The Enumerated Facts
An appeal has been dismissed by the Tribunal Appeal Division Law Society of Upper Canada in a claim that (in effect ) collateral estoppel was improperly applied based on civil…
California Employment Law Update
Former Librarian’s Discrimination Claims Were Barred On Various Legal Grounds
By Tony Oncidi
Wassmann v. South Orange County Cmty. Coll. Dist., 2018 WL 3063946 (Cal. Ct. App. 2018) Carol Wassmann challenged her dismissal from employment as a tenured librarian at Irvine Valley College…