Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York January 14, 2014 (Dickerson v. United Way of New York City)

Elaintiff s claim that defendants committed fraud by paying a retirement benefit to her estranged husband, without her *453consent, while she and her husband were in the midst of divorce proceedings, is barred by the doctrine of res judicata since there is a judgment on the merits from a prior federal action between the same parties involving the same subject matter (see Dickerson v United Way of