Baldwin v. Brooks
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Hancock, Jr., J.
We must resolve a question involving the effect to be given in a personal injury lawsuit of a finding on a medical issue in a prior no-fault insurance arbitration. Specifically, may plaintiffs in the trial of the personal injury. action *86make affirmative use of such finding as binding upon the insured defendants under the doctrine of collateral estoppel or issue preclusion?
An automobile owned by defendant Franklyn A. Brooks and driven by defendant Franklyn A. Brooks, Jr., crashed through the wall of defendant Wahl’s restaurant on November 10, 1977 and struck…
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