The summary judgment court erred in treating the motion before it as one to reargue the prior motion to dismiss for failure to state a cause of action, and treating the prior determination as law of the case. The doctrine of law of the case is inapplicable "where . . . a summary judgment motion follows a motion to dismiss" (Riddick v City of New York,
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