In Sassower v. Signorelli, 99 A.D.2d 358, 472 N.Y.S.2d 702 (2d Dept 1984), the Court noted, at 359, that "public policy mandates free access to the courts . . . and, ordinarily, the doctrine of former adjudication will serve as an adequate remedy against repetitious suits. " The Sassower Court then observed, in the next paragraph, that: "Nonetheless, a litigious plaintiff pressing a frivolous claim can be extremely costly to the defendant and can waste an inordinate amount of court time, time that this court and the trial courts can ill afford to lose (see Harrelson v. United States, 613 F.2d 114). Thus, when, as here, a litigant is abusing the judicial process by hagriding individuals solely out of ill will or spite, equity may enjoin such vexatious litigation . . ."