Legal Opinion
Gilberg v. Barbieri
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 16, 1981PublishedCited by 322 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Wachtler, J.
The question on this appeal is whether a conviction for the petty offense of harassment can later be used to preclude the defendant from disputing the merits of a civil suit for assault, involving the same incident and seeking a quarter of a million dollars in damages. The Trial Court held that collateral estoppel precluded the defendant from contesting the merits of the civil complaint and that the plaintiff was therefore entitled to summary judgment on the liability issue. The Appellate Division affirmed with one dissent and granted the defendant leave to…
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- People v. BerkowitzNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
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