Anderson v. New York City Department of Education

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Karen S. Smith, J.), entered April 29, 2010, which, in an action arising out of the termination of plaintiff’s employment as a probationary teacher, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The complaint was properly dismissed as barred by the doctrine of res judicata. Plaintiffs action arose out of the same set of circumstances as his prior CPLR article 78 proceeding, which was dismissed. “[0]nce a claim is brought to a final conclusion, all other claims arising out of the same transaction or series of…