The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.
CPLR 3211 (subd [e]) provides, inter alia, that a defense based upon the doctrine of collateral estoppel is waived unless raised either in a responsive pleading or in a motion made before service of the responsive pleading is required.
Defendants raised the defense of collateral estoppel for the first time during the trial...
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