Ordered that order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with one bill of costs payable to the respondents appearing separately and filing separate briefs.
"Under the doctrine of res judicata, a disposition on the merits bars litigation between the same parties or those in privity with them of a cause of action arising out of the same transaction or series of transactions as a cause of action that either was raised or could have been raised in the prior action" (...
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