Brown v. Suggs

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (John A.K. Bradley, J.H.O.), entered September 28, 2006, which barred defendant’s second and third affirmative defenses and all further discovery relating to them, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

Defendant’s second and third affirmative defenses, alleging, respectively, that plaintiffs claims were barred by the equitable doctrine of unclean hands, and that plaintiff was not entitled to commissions for transactions that closed after she was terminated because of her alleged theft and breach of fiduciary duty, are barred on the ground of collateral…