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Collateral estoppel doesn't apply

It is not enough to have "substantially identical" issues in a prior case for the rules of collateral estoppel to apply, a Missouri appellate court said last week.The case pitted several plaintiffs against Cornerstone Propane, a company that was formed in December 1996 after Empire Energy Corp., which was based in Lebanon, Mo., was acquired ...

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