Legal Opinion
Columbia Casualty Co. v. Playtex FP, Inc.
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided January 8, 1991PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALSH, Justice:
We have accepted for interlocutory review a decision of the Superior Court which rejected a claim of collateral estoppel asserted by the appellant, Columbia Casualty Company (“Columbia”), against its former insured, Playtex FP, Inc. (“Playtex”). The Superior Court ruled that Playtex was not precluded from relitigating the issue of Playtex’s knowledge regarding the risk of toxic shock syndrome associated with the use of its super-absorbent tampons. Such knowledge was attributed to Playtex as a result of certain jury findings in a federal diversity action in Kansas. We agree with…
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