RUSSELL, Justice.
This appeal requires us to decide whether a judgment in favor of a physician in an action to collect fees operates as a collateral estoppel bar against a later malpractice action by the patient against the physician. We conclude that it does not.
The essential facts are undisputed. In 1984, Guy Finney Snead (the patient) suffered a broken leg in an automobile accident. He obtained medical treatment from Leopoldo L. Bendigo, M.D. In 1987,...
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