Opinion
January 21, 1993
Appeal from the Supreme Court, New York County (Beatrice Shainswit, J.).
The Pennsylvania courts having ruled on the arguments raised herein (see, Fiore v. Oakwood Plaza Shopping Ctr., 401 Pa Super, 446, 585 A.2d 1012), and the courts of New York having previously reviewed the procedures of the Pennsylvania courts and determined that they were entitled to full faith and credit (Fiore v Oakwood Plaza Shopping Ctr., 164 A.D.2d 737, affd 78 N.Y.2d 572, cert denied ___ US ___, 113 S Ct 75), defendants are barred by the doctrines of res judicata and collateral estoppel from rearguing the underlying merits. Judgments of a sister State are entitled to full faith and credit if the rendering court had personal jurisdiction, subject matter jurisdiction, and complied with due process requirements (see, Williams v. North Carolina, 317 U.S. 287), all of which has been established herein.
Concur — Sullivan, J.P., Carro, Kupferman and Rubin, JJ.