PETERS, J.
The doctrine of collateral estoppel, or issue preclusion, "prohibits the relitigation of an issue when that issue was actually litigated and necessarily determined in a prior action between the same parties or those in privity with them upon a different claim." (Internal quotation marks omitted.) Powell v. Infinity Ins. Co.,
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