Court Opinion

ID: 5530236
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-10 18:04:52.794198+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:34:34.083896
License: Public Domain

Memorandum. A prior court’s dismissal of the negligence claim on the merits, in this instance by a Federal court which under Federal procedure dismissed on the merits, precludes the plaintiff from litigating the unseaworthiness claim in *760another court (cf. De Coss v Turner & Blanchard, 267 NY 207; see Restatement, Judgments, § 63, Comment b, Illustration 4; §§ 64-65).
Chief Judge Breitel and Judges Jasen, Gabrielli, Jones, Wachtler, Fuchsberg and Cooke concur.
Order affirmed, with costs, in a memorandum.