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COLUMBIA CAS. CO. v. PLAYTEX FP, INC.

584 A.2d 1214 (1991)

COLUMBIA CASUALTY COMPANY, an Illinois corporation, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. PLAYTEX FP, INC., formerly known as Playtex Family Products, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Playtex Services Corp., a Delaware corporation, Playtex Family Products Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Playtex FP Group Incorporated, a Delaware corporation, Playtex, Inc., a dissolved Delaware corporation, International Playtex, Inc., a dissolved Delaware corporation, Plaintiffs Below, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: January 8, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irving Morris (argued), Kevin Gross and Robert S. Bria, Morris, Rosenthal, Monhait & Gross, P.A., Wilmington (Ross, Dixon & Masback, Washington, D.C., of counsel), for appellant.

Walter L. Pepperman, II (argued), and James Lawless, IV, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington (William J. McSherry, Jr. (argued), and Steven R. Haffner, Bryan, Cave, McPheeters & McRoberts, New York City, of counsel), for appellees.

Before CHRISTIE, C.J., WALSH and HOLLAND, JJ.

WALSH, Justice:

We have accepted for interlocutory review a decision of the Superior Court which rejected a claim of collateral estoppel asserted by the appellant, Columbia Casualty Company ("Columbia"), against its former insured, Playtex FP, Inc. ("Playtex"). The Superior Court ruled that Playtex was not precluded from relitigating the issue of Playtex's knowledge regarding the risk of toxic shock syndrome associated with...

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