"While a valid final judgment bars future actions between the same parties on the same cause of action, [a] subsequent action will not be barred by res judicata where the nature or object of the second action is distinct from that in the prior action in which the judgment was rendered" (GTFM, LLC v Nagy, 18 AD3d 266, 268 [2005] [internal quotation marks and citations omitted]). [read post]