Legal Opinion
Morales v. New York City Housing Authority
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 24, 2003PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Minardo, J.), dated March 11, 2002, which, inter alia, granted the defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (5) on the ground that the action is barred by res judicata.
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, the motion is denied, and the complaint is reinstated.
A nearly identical action to the instant action was previously dismissed for the plaintiffs failure to prosecute. A dismissal of a prior…
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