Case Name: Magazines Unlimited et al., Respondents, v. Neil Brody et al., Appellants, et al., Defendants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2006-04-18
Citations: 28 A.D.3d 320
Docket Number: 
Parties: Magazines Unlimited et al., Respondents, v Neil Brody et al., Appellants, et al., Defendants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 28
Pages: 320–320

Head Matter:
(April 18, 2006)
Magazines Unlimited et al., Respondents, v Neil Brody et al., Appellants, et al., Defendants.
[812 NYS2d 353]

Opinion:
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Marilyn Shafer, J.), entered December 16, 2004, which, to the extent appealed from, denied the attorney defendants' motion to dismiss the remaining cause of action in the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Defendants, seeking the benefit of collateral estoppel and res judicata, failed to demonstrate that the issue and claim for conversion raised in the instant action had necessarily been decided in the prior action against plaintiffs, or that plaintiffs had a full and fair opportunity to litigate the issue (see Gramatan Home Invs. Corp. v Lopez, 46 NY2d 481, 485 [1979]).
We have reviewed the parties' requests for sanctions and reject them. Concur—Buckley, P.J., Friedman, Marlow and Nardelli, McGuire JJ.