Kaiser Found. Hosp. v. Superior Court of L.A. Cty.

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• no res judicata since no identity of causes of action or parties and no collateral estoppel, even though the issue of negligence was decided adversely to the injured person in the prior litigation, because the wrongful death claimant was not a party to or in privity with the injured party
• no res judicata since no identity of causes of action or parties and no collateral estoppel, even though the issue of negligence was decided adversely to the injured person in the prior litigation, because the wrongful death claimant was not a party to or in privity with the injured party

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