Opinion
2016–01247 Index No. 101760/05
05-09-2018
Joseph MCDONALD, Jr., etc., et al., respondents, v. Ottavio SAVO, et al., appellants.
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.
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 & ORDERIn 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.