Collateral estoppel

{
  "id": "MLC-T-INS-000815",
  "term": "Collateral estoppel",
  "field": "Insurance and risk management",
  "definition": "A doctrine that bars a party from relitigating an issue of fact or law that a court already decided in a prior case, provided the issue was actually litigated and necessary to the judgment. It is also called issue preclusion. In insurance, a finding from a liability suit can bind a party in a later coverage dispute only if that party took part in the first case or was in privity with one that did.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/insurance/collateral-estoppel/"
}