LEGAL MALPRACTICE – Damages – Proximate Cause – Anticipated Events – Speculative – An attorney’s failure to file an injunction against plaintiff’s competitor is too speculative to be deemed the proximate cause of plaintiff’s damages in a legal malpractice action. Moreover, speculation on future events, including anticipated court rulings, does not establish that but for the attorney’s malpractice, plaintiff would not have sustained any injury. Speculation on future events does not establish that but for the attorney’s malpractice, plaintiff would not have sustained any injury.
Brooks v. Lewin; First Dept.