Claims are often made for multi-million dollar losses, and often they amount to a dream.  Here, in Red Zone LLC v Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP  2014 NY Slip Op 04570  Decided on June 19, 2014  Appellate Division, First Department  the case ends in a verdict for $ 17.2 million.

Of note is the AD’s take on continuous representation, with a 2 year gap.  "The motion court properly concluded that the continuous representation doctrine applies to toll the statute of limitations on plaintiff’s legal malpractice claim. Although defendant drafted the Side Agreement in 2005, it provided legal advice throughout the UBS litigation from 2007 through late 2010. Although plaintiff was represented by other counsel in the UBS litigation, plaintiff and its trial counsel continued to confer with defendant and share privileged documents regarding its defense strategy. In doing so, defendant apparently sought to rectify its earlier alleged malpractice, namely to prevent UBS from demanding more than $2 million when the Side Agreement was intended to limit UBS’s fee. In such cases, the continuous representation doctrine applies (see Luk Lamellen U. Kupplungbau GmbH v Lerner, 166 AD2d 505, 506-507 [2d Dept 1990]; N & S Supply v Simmons, 305 AD2d 648, 649-650 [2d Dept 2003]). There is no basis to find that the earlier "gap" in representation from roughly 2005 to 2007 ended defendant’s prior representation. There was simply no need to consult defendant during that time, and defendant never communicated to plaintiff that its prior representation had ended (see Shumsky v Eisenstein, 96 NY2d 164, 170-171 [2001])."