Small Smiles is a horror story of dental marketing, and the abuse of children. There is a legal malpractice aspect to it, which is wholly overshadowed by the callous dentistry here.
"All plaintiffs allege that: (1) defendants engaged in a scheme to treat patients for Forba’s profits rather than for plaintiffs’ dental needs; (2) the…
A real estate development gone wrong. It’s a common litigation situation, and attorneys are often in for the legal malpractice aspect of the case. Here, in YDRA,LLC v Mitchell 2014 NY Slip Op 50505(U) Decided on April 3, 2014 Supreme Court, Queens County Siegal, J.
Supreme Court, Queens County untwists the skein…
Legal malpractice is a tort, right? Everyone knows that it’s a variety of negligence, and it can be pled in tort or in contract? Technically, yes, but its really a different kind of tort. It does not have unlimited damages (think emotional disturbance) it does not allow for windfalls (think "ascertainable damages") and in generally…
Legal malpractice is a tort, right? Everyone knows that it’s a variety of negligence, and it can be pled in tort or in contract? Technically, yes, but its really a different kind of tort. It does not have unlimited damages (think emotional disturbance) it does not allow for windfalls (think "ascertainable damages") and in generally…
Yesterday, we discussed Chang Yi Chen v Zhen Huang 2014 NY Slip Op 50517(U) Decided on March 31, 2014 Supreme Court, Kings County Schmidt, J. . Put in short, Plaintiff initiated a 1031 like-kind real estate exchange, only to have it fail because the attorney returned the escrow money to Plaintiff in order to…
Yesterday, we discussed Chang Yi Chen v Zhen Huang 2014 NY Slip Op 50517(U) Decided on March 31, 2014 Supreme Court, Kings County Schmidt, J. . Put in short, Plaintiff initiated a 1031 like-kind real estate exchange, only to have it fail because the attorney returned the escrow money to Plaintiff in order to…
Chang Yi Chen v Zhen Huang 2014 NY Slip Op 50517(U) Decided on March 31, 2014 Supreme Court, Kings County Schmidt, J. is ostensibly about a single real estate deal, but it discusses two very significant issues. One is the very nature of legal malpractice damages and the other is when interest paid by…
Chang Yi Chen v Zhen Huang 2014 NY Slip Op 50517(U) Decided on March 31, 2014 Supreme Court, Kings County Schmidt, J. is ostensibly about a single real estate deal, but it discusses two very significant issues. One is the very nature of legal malpractice damages and the other is when interest paid by…
A child falls from the window. The window had no child-guards. The landlord is at fault. The law firms sue and get a judgment. The landlord sells the building and disappears. The money is hidden. is the attorney at fault?
Noel v. Law Off of Mark E. Feinberg, 2014 NY Slip Op 50516(U) Decided…
A child falls from the window. The window had no child-guards. The landlord is at fault. The law firms sue and get a judgment. The landlord sells the building and disappears. The money is hidden. is the attorney at fault?
Noel v. Law Off of Mark E. Feinberg, 2014 NY Slip Op 50516(U) Decided…
