Angstadt v. Atlantic Mutual Insurance

The principal issue in this appeal is whether the trial court erred in applying the doctrine of collateral estoppel. Two evidentiary issues also are presented.

Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company (Atlantic) instituted this declaratory judgment proceeding against Keith Edward Angstadt, Raymond Rask, and Multicomm Telecommunications, Inc. (Multicomm), seeking to be relieved of any duty to pay a judgment that Angstadt had obtained against Rask and Multicomm in an underlying tort action. Rask was Multicomm’s employee, and Atlantic, Multicomm’s liability insurance carrier, insured both Rask and…