Evedentaily, defendants made a well-intentioned but insufficient motion for summary judgment.  In this wrongful eviction case, the landlord turned to its attorney and made a legal malpractice claim.  Defendants moved to dismiss, but in Morad Assoc., LLC v Jay Sung Lee 2013 NY Slip Op 08204 [112 AD3d 463] December 10, 2013 Appellate Division, First Department  they could not convince the AD that all damages flowed from the landlord and none from the attorney.

"The evidence submitted by defendant attorney, while showing that he may not be liable for a large measure of the damages assessed against plaintiff, failed to establish as a matter of law that his alleged negligence was not the cause of at least some of those damages. In addition to the damage to the property of plaintiff’s tenant, plaintiff was also assessed damages for wrongful eviction for which defendant may be held liable. We find no basis for holding defendant liable for any damages plaintiff incurred when its agents destroyed the tenant’s property. Concur—Tom, J.P., Friedman, Acosta and Moskowitz, JJ."