Dodge v. Cotter Corp.

ELR Citation: ELR 20345
No(s). s. 99-1178, -1199 (10th Cir. Feb 11, 2000)

The court holds that a district court incorrectly applied the doctrine of offensive collateral estoppel, thereby precluding the owner of a uranium mill from litigating the issue of negligence, in a case brought by a group of nearby residents who claimed that the owner's negligent operation of the mi...