It’s seen from time to time, but rarely. Pro-se plaintiffs are deprived of the right to file a lawsuit or to file motions because the Court becomes so irritated by their filings. Strujan v Kaufman & Kahn, LLP  2019 NY Slip Op 00630  Decided on January 30, 2019 Appellate Division, Second Department is an example.…

Louis F. Burke PC v Aezah  2019 NY Slip Op 00557  Decided on January 29, 2019  Appellate Division, First Department may be the shortest AD1 opinion of recent memory.

Here is the entirety:  “Order, Supreme Court, New York County (David Benjamin Cohen, J.), entered January 3, 2018, which, to the extent appealed from as…

Although really only a procedural decision,Matz v Sol Klein P.A., Inc.  2019 NY Slip Op 30166(U) January 17, 2019  Supreme Court, New York County  Docket Number: 155506/2016
Judge: Kathryn E. Freed  does discuss the limits of a broker’s / adjuster’s obligations.  Here, Sol Klein argues that it had no responsibility to advise the insured…

Robinson v Day  2019 NY Slip Op 30153(U)  January 16, 2019  Supreme Court, New York County
Docket Number: 600907/2010  Judge: O. Peter Sherwood is an example of how even a written settlement agreement can lead to further litigation and, in this case, a claim of legal malpractice.

“In this action filed by plaintiff Adam Robinson…

Judgments don’t last forever.  They lapse after a number of years.  This legal malpractice case tests the limits of how long plaintiff can wait to sue for legal malpractice.

Potenza v Giaimo  2018 NY Slip Op 07164 [165 AD3d 1186]  October 24, 2018 Appellate Division, Second Department concerns litigation that began almost 25 years ago. …

Sure, the attorney made mistakes.  Heck, the mistakes were so bad the Court “excoriated” him.  Good enough yet?  Nope. U Joon Sung v Park  2019 NY Slip Op 30107(U)  January 11, 2019
Supreme Court, New York County  Docket Number: 159279/2015 Judge: Kathryn E. Freed shows that departure is merely the first step in a 4-step…

No privity, no malpractice.  That’s the basic lesson of 97 2nd LLC v Goldberg Weprin Finkel Goldstein LLP      2019 NY Slip Op 30021(U)  January 4, 2019  Supreme Court, New York County
Docket Number: 154593/2018  Judge: Arlene P. Bluth.  In this case where a nice piece of property went back and forth between developers, the attorneys…

Andejo Corp. v South St. Seaport L.P.  2018 NY Slip Op 33431(U)  December 28, 2018
Supreme Court, New York County  Docket Number: 655410/16  Judge: Shlomo S. Hagler catalogues a large number of fraud and fraud related claims, as well as legal malpractice claims, and discusses the elements and the statute of limitations implications for each…