Opinion
2012-02-7
Daniel MEMBRENO, plaintiff, v. HACK REALTY, LLC, defendant third-party plaintiff-respondent;Bella Bianchi's Ltd., etc., third-party defendant-appellant.
Gallo, Vitucci & Klar, LLP, New York, N.Y. (Chad E. Sjoquist of counsel), for third-party defendant-appellant. *881 Purcell & Ingrao, Mineola, N.Y. (Terrance J. Ingrao and Corey Pugliese of counsel), for defendant third-party plaintiff-respondent.
Gallo, Vitucci & Klar, LLP, New York, N.Y. (Chad E. Sjoquist of counsel), for third-party defendant-appellant. *881 Purcell & Ingrao, Mineola, N.Y. (Terrance J. Ingrao and Corey Pugliese of counsel), for defendant third-party plaintiff-respondent.
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the third-party defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Weiss, J.), entered July 28, 2011, which denied its motion pursuant to CPLR 3211(a)(5) to dismiss the third-party complaint based on the doctrine of res judicata.
ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs.
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 N.Y.3d 105, 122, 863 N.Y.S.2d 615, 894 N.E.2d 1, cert. denied sub nom. Cross Country Bank, Inc. v. New York, 555 U.S. 1136, 129 S.Ct. 999, 173 L.Ed.2d 292; Landau, P.C. v. LaRossa, Mitchell & Ross, 11 N.Y.3d 8, 13, 862 N.Y.S.2d 316, 892 N.E.2d 380; Buechel v. Bain, 97 N.Y.2d 295, 304–305, 740 N.Y.S.2d 252, 766 N.E.2d 914, cert. denied 535 U.S. 1096, 122 S.Ct. 2293, 152 L.Ed.2d 1051; Johansen v. Gillen Living Trust, 63 A.D.3d 1006, 882 N.Y.S.2d 202).