Opinion
June 18, 1990
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Kings County (Held, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
The Supreme Court correctly concluded that the instant action, alleging fraud and breach of contract by the purchasers at the foreclosure sale of the plaintiffs' home, was barred under the doctrine of collateral estoppel inasmuch as the gravamen of this action is identical to that of the plaintiffs' prior action seeking to vacate the sale on the ground, inter alia, of collusion. Having had that issue decided against them, the plaintiffs may not relitigate it in a subsequent action (see, Kaufman v. Lilly Co., 65 N.Y.2d 449; O'Brien v. City of Syracuse, 54 N.Y.2d 353; Gilberg v. Barbieri, 53 N.Y.2d 285). Bracken, J.P., Sullivan, Harwood and Rosenblatt, JJ., concur.