Opinion
04-26-2016
Robbin FRANKLIN–HOOD, Plaintiff–Respondent, v. 80TH STREET, LLC, Defendant–Respondent, Juan Castro, Defendant, Weber Farhat Realty Management Inc., Defendant–Appellant.
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, New York (Nicholas P. Hurzeler of counsel), for appellant. The Law Office of Judah Z. Cohen, PLLC, Woodmere (Judah Z. Cohen of counsel), for Robin Franklin–Hood, respondent. Ropers Majeski Kohn Bentley P.C., New York (Elana T. Jacobs of counsel), for 80th Street I LLC, respondent.
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, New York (Nicholas P. Hurzeler of counsel), for appellant. The Law Office of Judah Z. Cohen, PLLC, Woodmere (Judah Z. Cohen of counsel), for Robin Franklin–Hood, respondent.
Ropers Majeski Kohn Bentley P.C., New York (Elana T. Jacobs of counsel), for 80th Street I LLC, respondent.
Opinion
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Peter H. Moulton, J.), entered April 2, 2015, which denied the motion of defendant Weber Farhat Realty Management Inc. to dismiss the claims against it pursuant to CPLR 3211 and, in effect, denied as moot the conditional cross motion of defendant 80th Street I LLC (sued herein as 80th Street, LLC) to convert its cross claims to third-party claims, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, and both the motion and conditional cross motion granted.
Plaintiff's claims against Weber are barred both by Executive Law § 297(9) (see Horowitz v. Aetna Life Ins., 148 A.D.2d 584, 585, 539 N.Y.S.2d 50 [2d Dept.1989] ) and res judicata (see Zarcone v. Perry, 78 A.D.2d 70, 76, 78–79, 434 N.Y.S.2d 437 [2d Dept.1980], affd. 55 N.Y.2d 782, 447 N.Y.S.2d 248, 431 N.E.2d 974 [1981], cert. denied 456 U.S. 979, 102 S.Ct. 2248, 72 L.Ed.2d 855 [1982]; see also O'Brien v. City of Syracuse, 54 N.Y.2d 353, 356–358, 445 N.Y.S.2d 687, 429 N.E.2d 1158 [1981] ). With the dismissal of the complaint as against Weber, 80th Street's cross claims against Weber should be converted into a third-party action (see e.g. Eddine v. Federated Dept. Stores, Inc., 72 A.D.3d 487, 899 N.Y.S.2d 164 [1st Dept.2010] ).
SWEENY, J.P., SAXE, MOSKOWITZ, GISCHE, WEBBER, JJ., concur.