Escoffier v. Sokolski & Zekaria

Dana Escoffier, Plaintiff-Appellant,

against

Sokolski & Zekaria, Defendant-Respondent.

Plaintiff appeals from an order of the Small Claims Part of the Civil Court of the City of New York, New York County (John J. Kelley, J.), entered August 10, 2017, which granted defendant's motion to dismiss the action.

Order (John J. Kelley, J.), entered August 10, 2017, affirmed, without costs.

This small claims action is barred by the doctrine of res judicata. Plaintiff's action arose out of the same set of circumstances as his prior action against defendant which was dismissed by Supreme Court on statute of…