FULLER v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

No. 80-697.

394 So.2d 491 (1981)

William FULLER, Appellant, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied March 20, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Preddy, Kutner and Hardy and T.G. Anagnost and G. William Bissett, Miami, for appellant.

Wicker, Smith, Blomqvist, Davant, Tutan, O'Hara and McCoy and Richard A. Sherman, Miami, for appellee.

Before HUBBART, C.J., and SCHWARTZ and FERGUSON, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

The final judgment under review, which was entered in favor of the defendant General Motors Corporation based on a jury verdict after trial below, is affirmed upon a holding that: (a) "[c]ollateral estoppel, or estoppel by judgment, is a judicial doctrine which in general terms prevents identical parties from relitigating issues that have previously been decided between them," and has, as one of its essential elements, the requirement that "[t]he parties...

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