Court of Appeals of the State of New York.
OPINION OF THE COURT
SMITH, J.
The primary issue before this Court is whether parties should be precluded from relitigating the validity of fee arrangements determined to be illegal in an earlier action, when they were in privity with the person against whom the issue was decided. We conclude that collateral estoppel bars relitigation.
Plaintiffs, Frederick F. Buechel, an orthopedic doctor and Michael...
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