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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Garganta v. Mobile Village, Inc., 730 A.2d 1 (1999)

Citation
Garganta v. Mobile Village, Inc., 730 A.2d 1 (1999)
Parent Document
Garganta v. Mobile Village, Inc., 730 A.2d 1 (1999)
Jurisdiction
Rhode Island (state)
Effective Date
1999-05-14

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The plaintiff is barred from raising any of the same claims that were actually litigated in the original action at this stage in the proceedings. The doctrine of collateral estoppel “means simply that when an issue of ultimate fact has once been determined by a valid and final judgment, that issue cannot again be litigated between the same parties in any future lawsuit.” State v. Hie, 688 A.2d 283, 284 (R.I.1996) (quoting Ashe v. Swenson,