Is the Due Process Clause violated by a rule that permits a plaintiff to invoke a prior jury's findings to establish elements of her claims without showing that those elements were actually decided in her favor in the prior proceeding

QUESTION PRESENTED This case presents the same question as the forthcoming petitions for writs of certiorari in R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Searcy and Philip Morris USA Inc. v. Boatright: Is the Due Process Clause violated by a rule that permits a plaintiff to invoke a prior jury’s findings to establish elements of her claims without showing that those elements were actually decided in her favor in the prior proceeding, based merely on the fact that the defendant had an opportunity to be heard on those issues in the prior proceeding and the possibility that the relevant issues might have been decided in the plaintiffs favor in that proceeding?