CPLR R. 3211(a)(5) the cause of action may not be maintained because of arbitration and award, collateral estoppel, discharge in bankruptcy, infancy or other disability of the moving party, payment, release, res judicata, statute of limitations, or statute of frauds
Profex, Inc. v Town of Fishkill, 2009 NY Slip Op 06320 (App. Div., 2nd, 2009)
"[T]he rule of accord and satisfaction has generally been accepted as a legitimate and expeditious means of settling contract disputes" (Horn Waterproofing Corp. v Bushwick Iron & Steel Co., 66 NY2d 321, 325). The party asserting the affirmative defense of accord and satisfaction must establish that there was a disputed or unliquidated claim between the parties which they mutually resolved through a new contract discharging all or part of their obligations under the original contract (see Merrill Lynch Realty/Carll Burr, Inc. v Skinner, 63 NY2d 590, 596; Pothos v Arverne Houses, 269 AD2d 377, 378; Trans World Grocers v Sultana Crackers, 257 AD2d 616, 617). The defendants established their respective entitlement to judgment as a matter of law on the basis of an accord and satisfaction (see Winegrad v New York Univ. Med. Ctr., 64 NY2d 851). In opposition, the plaintiff failed to raise a triable issue of fact (see Zuckerman v City of New York, 49 NY2d 557).
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