Legal Opinion
Skrzat v. Ford Motor Company
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided February 4, 1975No. Civ. A. 74-212PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PETTINE, Chief Judge.
This action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained as a result of an automobile accident is before the Court on plaintiff's motion for summary judgment filed pursuant to Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The motion raises the question whether, under Rhode Island law, 1 the plaintiff may assert a plea of collateral estoppel by former judgment against the defendant when mutuality of estoppel is absent and when plaintiff was neither a party nor in privity with a party to the earlier litigation.
On November 11, 1970, the plaintiff and Gerald…
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