Legal Opinion
Kenneth J. Conte and Laura Conte v. Karen L. Justice
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 23, 1993No. 1001, Docket 92-9009PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KEVIN THOMAS DUFFY, District Judge:
Plaintiffs, Kenneth and Laura Conte, appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Shirley Wohl Kram, Judge, granting summary judgment and dismissing the complaint. The district court held that collateral estoppel barred the action because a prior state court action provided both plaintiffs with a full and fair opportunity to litigate the issue of liability.
I. BACKGROUND
In the mid-afternoon of June '24, 1989, in Dutchess County, New York, an automobile owned by driver Kenneth Conte and carrying his wife Laura…
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