The arbitration award apportioning fault between plaintiff and the fraud victims included the brokerage houses' share of responsibility as the victims' agents, and thus bars plaintiff's contribution claim against said defendants-respondents. Plaintiff is precluded from ascribing liability to them under a different theory from that claimed in arbitration (see Elliott Assoc., L.P. v Hayes,
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