Lerner v. Tele-Communications, Inc.

In an action to recover damages for breach of contract and fraud, the plaintiffs appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Murphy, J.), entered April 30, 1993, which denied their motion for summary judgment and granted the defendant’s cross motion to amend its answer and for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

In this class action suit on behalf of a putative class of rightsholders, the plaintiffs are barred by a prior judgment of the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware in a related action raising identical issues. As…