MARKMAN, J.
We granted leave to appeal in this case to examine the mutuality requirement of the doctrine of collateral estoppel. In this first-party, no-fault action, defendant seeks to invoke collateral estoppel to preclude plaintiff from relitigating an issue already decided in plaintiff's third-party negligence action. Due only to a lack of mutuality, the Court of Appeals, in a split decision, affirmed the trial court's denial of defendant's motion for summary...
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