MASS. PROPERTY INS. UNDERWRITING ASS'N v. Norrington

Judges: Applying Collateral Estoppel to Preclude a Party From Relitigating an Issue, a Court Must Answer Affirmatively Three Questions: \Was the Issue Decided in the Prior Adjudication Identical With the One Presented in the Action in Question? Was There a Final Judgment on the Merits? Was the Party Against Whom the Plea is Asserted a Party or in Privity With a Party to the Prior Adjudication?\

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