Legal Opinion
Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Jones
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided August 20, 1991No. 14146PublishedCited by 177 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCallahan, J.
The principal issue in this appeal is whether an insurance company may use collateral estoppel to bar the heirs of a homicide victim from' relitigating the issue of the criminal defendant’s intent to cause the injuries that resulted in the victim’s death.
The defendant, Russell F. Manfredi (Manfredi), was convicted of the crime of manslaughter in the first degree for the killing of his wife, Catherine Manfredi. The named defendant, Margaret Billings Jones (Jones), is the administratrix of the estate of the decedent. The plaintiff, Aetna Casualty and Surety Company, Manfredi’s *287insurer at the…
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