A recent decision by the North Carolina Court of Appeals underscores the expansive reach of collateral estoppel when parties are deemed to be in privity (i.e., in a substantive legal relationship) and have already effectively litigated the same issues.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 35, Issue 7
Mounting pressure from multiple directions is exposing weaknesses that surveys have flagged for years, but now with higher stakes. What once resulted in corrective action plans is increasingly resulting in repeat citations, condition-level findings, or downstream legal exposure.
