Sewell S. Watts, Jr., as Executors of Roberta M. Lanari v. Swiss Bank Corporation, and Interpleading Maria E…

Summary

The New York Court of Appeals affirmed the Appellate Division’s order that recognized the French judgment as having res judicata effect in the New York action. The court held that the executors of the widow were in privity with the parties in the French litigation, so the French judgment bound them, and that no New York public‑policy exception barred recognition.