Rue v. K-Mart Corp.

456 Pa. Superior Ct. 641 (1997)

691 A.2d 498

Patricia RUE,

v.

K-MART CORPORATION, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued November 26, 1996.

Filed March 20, 1997.

Richard J. Antonelli, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Stephen R. Bolden and David J. Moloynik, Philadelphia, for appellee.

Before CAVANAUGH, CIRILLO, P.J.E., and POPOVICH, JOHNSON, HUDOCK, FORD ELLIOTT, SAYLOR, EAKIN and SCHILLER, JJ.

POPOVICH, Judge:

In this appeal before the court en banc, we are presented with, inter alia, the heretofore unsettled question of whether issue preclusion, i.e., collateral estoppel, applies to findings made…