How To Defend Products Against Collateral Attack

Law360, New York ( April 25, 2014, 4:17 PM EDT) -- While collateral estoppel is generally disfavored in product liability cases, the reasons for that disfavor are not necessarily at issue in every situation and defendants should not assume that the doctrine will not apply in every case. This article will examine the criteria and policy reasons for applying collateral estoppel and consider the circumstances under which a product liability plaintiff might seek to invoke the doctrine....

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