Matter of Liquidation of Midland Ins. Co.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Michael D. Stall-man, J.), entered July 13, 2016, which confirmed the report of a Referee, dated December 10, 2015, disallowing claimant from asserting certain excess insurance claims in the New York liquidation proceeding for Midland Insurance Company because the issues have already been fully litigated in a previous action in Minnesota, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

Supreme Court and the Referee properly found that the subject claims are barred by res judicata and collateral estop-pel, based on prior rulings in Minnesota on the same claims and…