Braverman v. Yelp, Inc.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Eileen A. Rakower, J.), entered February 25, 2014, which granted defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint, but declined to award costs, sanctions and attorney’s fees, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

The court properly dismissed plaintiffs defamation claims based on the doctrine of collateral estoppel since plaintiff had a full and fair opportunity to litigate this claim in a prior action (see Misek-Falkoff v American Lawyer Media, 300 AD2d 215, 216 [1st Dept 2002], lv denied 100 NY2d 508 [2003]). With respect to the additional causes of action,…