McDonald v. Savo

• Decision Date: 09 May 2018
• Docket Number: 2016–01247,Index No. 101760/05
• Citation: 73 N.Y.S.3d 442 (Mem)
• Parties: Joseph MCDONALD, Jr., etc., et al., respondents, v. Ottavio SAVO, et al., appellants.
• Court: New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division

161 A.D.3d 847
73 N.Y.S.3d 442 (Mem)

Joseph MCDONALD, Jr., etc., et al., respondents,
v.
Ottavio SAVO, et al., appellants.

2016–01247
Index No. 101760/05

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York.

Submitted—February 26, 2018
May 9, 2018

Howard M. File, Esq., P.C., Staten Island, NY, for appellants.

Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, P.C., New York, N.Y. (Seth R. Goldman and John S. McMahon III of counsel), for respondent Joseph McDonald, Jr.

ALAN D. SCHEINKMAN, P.J., JEFFREY A. COHEN, COLLEEN D. DUFFY, ANGELA G. IANNACCI, JJ.

DECISION & ORDER

73 N.Y.S.3d 443

In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for breach of contract, the defendants appeal from an amended judgment of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Philip G. Minardo, J.), entered January 14, 2016. The amended judgment, after a nonjury trial, is in favor of the plaintiffs and against the defendants in the total sum of $524,953.42.

ORDERED that the amended judgment is affirmed, with costs.

The defendants' contention that this action is barred by the statute of limitations was resolved on a prior appeal in this case (see Da Silva v. Savo, 35 A.D.3d 647, 826 N.Y.S.2d 436 ). The issue of the amount of damages to be awarded also was resolved on a prior appeal (see Da Silva v. Savo, 97 A.D.3d 525, 948 N.Y.S.2d 333 ). An appellate court's resolution of an issue on a prior appeal constitutes the law of the case and is binding on the Supreme Court, as well as on the appellate court (see Matter of Doman, 150 A.D.3d 994, 55 N.Y.S.3d 322 ; Congel v. Malfitano, 141 A.D.3d 64, 70, 32 N.Y.S.3d 264, mod 31 N.Y.3d 272, ––– N.Y.S.3d ––––, ––– N.E.3d ––––, 2018 N.Y. Slip. Op. 02119, 2018 WL 1473551 [2018] ).

The defendants' remaining contentions are without merit or were rendered academic after trial.

SCHEINKMAN, P.J., COHEN, DUFFY and IANNACCI, JJ., concur.