John W. Frandsen v. Westinghouse Corporation

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that there was no question that the full and fair opportunity element was met where there was no indication that such an opportunity was unavailable
• explaining that collateral estoppel requires the party against whom the doctrine is invoked to be a party or in privity with a party to the prior adjudication
• “The prior action was tried and judgment was entered after a jury verdict, therefore, it was fully adjudicated on the merits.”
• “A claim is barred by res judicata when the prior action involved . . . the same parties or their privies.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).