The doctrine of judicial estoppel “prevents a party who assumed a certain position in a prior proceeding and secured a ruling in his or her favor from advancing a contrary position in another action, simply because his or her interests have changed” (Becerril v City of NY Dept. of Health & Mental Hygiene, 110 AD3d 517, 519 [2013], lv denied 23 NY3d 905 [2014]; see Herman v 36 Gramercy Park Realty… [read post]