Legal Opinion
Melendez v. Budget Rent-A-Car
New York Supreme Court
Decided February 8, 2005PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Dianne T. Renwick, J.
*586Plaintiff Jillian Melendez commenced this action seeking to recover money damages for personal injuries sustained during an automobile accident. Defendant Wilda Ramos now moves for a court order amending her answer to include the affirmative defense of collateral estoppel, deeming said answer served, and granting summary judgment based upon the newly-added affirmative defense of collateral estoppel. The dispositive issue on this motion is whether collateral estoppel applies to a judicial hearing officer’s (JHO) decision at a framed issue hearing…
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