Morneau v. Stark Enterprises, Ltd.

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• holding rule of privity or mutuality has been abandoned in the defensive use of collateral estoppel
• collateral estoppel precludes the relitigation of an issue which was decided in a prior suit on a different claim
• “Under Hawaii law, the doctrine of res judicata applies when: 1
• “Under Hawaii law, the doctrine of res judicata applies when: 1
• “this jurisdiction has been classified as one in which the requirement of mutuality has been at least abandoned to permit a stranger to a judgment to rely upon it defensively against a party to such judgment, or a privy to such party[]” (citation omitted)

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