General
Daniel Membreno, Plaintiff, v. Hack Realty, LLC, Defendant/Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent. Bella Bianchi's Ltd., Third-Party Defendant-Appellant
92 A.D.3d 649937 N.Y.S.2d 880·New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division·2012·NY
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Opinion
Daniel Membreno, Plaintiff, v Hack Realty, LLC, Defendant/Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent. Bella Bianchi’s Ltd., Third-Party Defendant-Appellant.
[937 NYS2d 880]
[MAJORITY]
Under the circumstances of this case, the Supreme Court properly denied the third-party defendant’s motion pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (5) to dismiss the third-party complaint based on the doctrine of res judicata (see generally Matter of People v Applied Card Sys., Inc., 11 NY3d 105, 122 [2008], cert denied sub nom. Cross Country Bank, Inc. v New York, 555 US 1136 [2009]; Landau, P.C. v LaRossa, Mitchell & Ross, 11 NY3d 8, 13 [2008]; Buechel v Bain, 97 NY2d 295, 304-305 [2001], cert denied 535 US 1096 [2002]; Johansen v Gillen Living Trust, 63 AD3d 1006 [2009]). Dillon, J.P., Leventhal, Belen and Lott, JJ., concur.