Harley v. Adler

Decision Date10 May 2004
Docket Number2003-02005.
Citation2004 NY Slip Op 03771,7 A.D.3d 570,775 N.Y.S.2d 892
PartiesCLARENCE HARLEY, Appellant, v. ROBERT ADLER ET AL., Respondents.
CourtNew York Supreme Court — Appellate Division

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The plaintiff failed to raise a triable issue of fact in response to the defendants' prima facie showing of entitlement to judgment as a matter of law that the complaint is barred by the doctrine of res judicata (see Matter of Hodes v Axelrod, 70 NY2d 364 [1987]; Gramatan Home Invs. Corp. v Lopez, 46 NY2d 481, 485 [1979]). Res judicata precludes a plaintiff from relitigating claims which could have or should have been litigated in prior proceedings (see CRK Contr. of Suffolk v Brown & Assoc., 260 AD2d 530 [1999]; Coliseum Towers Assoc. v County of Nassau, 217 AD2d 387 [1996]).

In light of this determination, the parties' remaining contentions need not be reached.

H. Miller, J.P., Adams, Townes and Mastro, JJ., concur.

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