Legal Opinion
Talarico v. Dunlap
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided September 11, 1997No. 81459PublishedCited by 122 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Freeman
The issue presented in this appeal is whether defensive collateral estoppel may be utilized by the defendant in this civil case to bar litigation of an issue which was decided adversely to the plaintiff in the plaintiffs prior criminal proceeding.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
In 1986 Ernie Talarico was a second-year medical student at the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine. Talarico suffered from severe acne for many years. As a result of his acne, Talarico avoided social situations, became depressed, and was embarrassed and extremely uncomfortable in clinical work situations where he…
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