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P0857 A factual determination made in a federal bankruptcy proceeding that a bankrupt's tort liability to a claimant would be for willful and malicious injury precludes consideration of the liability issue in wrongful death actions brought in California courts by the claimant against the bankrupt; application of issue preclusion (i.e., res judicata; collateral estoppel) on that basis does not violate the constitutional right to a jury trial even though jury trial was not available in the bankruptcy proceeding.CitationROOS v RED (BK Issue Preclusion) 130 CA4 870 [See: 28 USC 1411; 11 USC 523; CCP 592; Vandenberg v Superior Court 21 C4 815, T/AT 10/99; Coscia v McKenna 25 C4 1194, T/AT 6/00; Parklane Hosiery 439 US 322; People v Sims 32 C3 468]
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