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| Volume | 1 |
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| Month | January |
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| Year | 1964 |
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| Title | Collateral Estoppel - Corporation Collaterally Estopped From Relitigating Issue Adjudicated in Prior Criminal Conviction of Its President |
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| Author(s) | James W. Brannigan, Jr. |
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| First Page | 126 |
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| Abstract | In a criminal action Teitelbaum was convicted of conspiracy to commit grand theft, attempted grand theft, and the presentation and filing of false insurance claims as a result of a fake robbery of a corporation of which he was president and controlling stockholder. The corporation brought a subsequent action to recover on insurance policies for losses allegedly sustained in the same robbery. At the trial it was conceded that the corporation was Teitelbaum's alter ego. Held: The prior criminal conviction of Teitelbaum for attempt to defraud the insurer operated as a bar to the corporation's action under the policies. Teitelbaum, Furs Inc. v. Dominion Ins. Co., 25 Cal. Rptr. 559, 375 P.2d 439 (1962). |
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