COX v. HOWELL


170 A.D.2d 1039 (1991)

Minnie L. Cox, Respondent, v. John Howell, Individually and Doing Business as A-Plus Plumbing and Electric and Others, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Fourth Department.

February 1, 1991


Order unanimously affirmed with costs.

Memorandum:

Supreme Court correctly determined that defendant is collaterally estopped from relitigating the wrongfulness of his own conduct; nevertheless, he is not precluded from litigating the issue of plaintiff's comparative fault. Although plaintiff's conduct was at issue in the criminal proceeding, the issue there was whether plaintiff's conduct justified defendant's conduct. That issue is not the same as the issue...

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