STEELMAN, Judge.
The trial court did not err by considering pleadings filed in a previous lawsuit concerning the same parties and subject matter in determining whether to grant a Rule 12(c) motion on the basis of collateral or judicial estoppel. Where the earlier lawsuit did not result in a final judgment on the merits, collateral estoppel was inapplicable. Where plaintiffs did not assert factually inconsistent positions in the previous lawsuit, judicial estoppel...
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