Eshaghian v. Eshaghian

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Eileen Bransten, J.), entered on or about June 13, 2016, which, among other things, denied plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment, and granted defendants-respondents’ cross motion for summary judgment on their counterclaims and for sanctions against plaintiff, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Supreme Court correctly determined that plaintiff’s action is barred by the doctrine of res judicata (see Landau, P.C. v LaRossa, Mitchell & Ross, 11 NY3d 8, 12 [2008]), because he is essentially seeking to relitigate the validity of a side agreement that was at…