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P1008 Under principles of issue preclusion, a real estate broker's right to earn a commission for leasing property was so interconnected with the right of a party who held an option on the property that the court's finding that allegedly negligent conduct of the attorney who represented the option holder and broker did not result in damage to the option holder's rights collaterally estopped the broker from litigating a malpractice action against the attorney based on the claim that attorney's conduct resulted in loss of the broker's right to earn a commission.CitationMOONEY v CASPARI (Collateral Estoppel) 138 CA4 704 [See: Roos v Red 130 CA4 870, P/AT 9/05; Dawson v Toledano 109 CA4 387, P/AT 7/03]
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