In a subsequent civil action for wrongful death brought against the man convicted of driving under the influence and reckless homicide, the court held that judicial estoppel applied to prevent the defendant from contradicting his previous guilty plea.
How later courts described this case
- In a subsequent civil action for wrongful death brought against the man convicted of driving under the influence and reckless homicide, the court held that judicial estoppel applied to prevent the defendant from contradicting his previous guilty plea.
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
GOOLSBY, J.,
(concurring):
I concur only in Part II of the majority opinion and would not reach the issue relating to judicial estoppel.
*363 STILWELL, J.:
I join in Judge Goolsby’s concurring opinion.