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COOK v. CONNOLLY

No. C6-83-2043.

366 N.W.2d 287 (1985)

Robin COOK, Appellant, v. John S. CONNOLLY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

April 19, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Healey, St. Paul, for appellant.

Thomas R. Hughes, St. Paul, James P. Miley, Mark E. Duval, Minneapolis, for respondent.

Heard, considered, and decided by the court en banc.

SIMONETT, Justice.

This appeal raises the issue whether a prior court order approving a minor personal injury settlement bars, by collateral estoppel, a subsequent malpractice suit by the injured person against her attorney for an allegedly inadequate settlement. The Court of Appeals, sitting en banc, with two concurrences and two dissents, held that collateral estoppel was a bar. Cook v. Connolly, 353 N.W.2d 184 (Minn.App...

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