Lembert v Zucker 2022 NY Slip Op 34440(U) December 23, 2022 Supreme Court, New York County Docket Number: Index No. 151344/2021 Judge: Verna L. Saunders is aptly described by the court:
“Plaintiff commenced this action asserting violation of Judiciary Law § 487, abuse of process, intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligent infliction of emotional distress…
Chicas v Cassar 2023 NY Slip Op 00202 Decided on January 18, 2023 Appellate Division, Second Department is an example of how trial courts tend to handle legal malpractice matters…dismiss them and look the other way. The Appellate Division almost summarily reversered.
In May 2015, the plaintiff retained the defendants to represent him in a…
Hutcher v Madison Sq. Garden Entertainment Corp. 2022 NY Slip Op 34417(U)
December 23, 2022 Supreme Court, New York County Docket Number: Index No. 653793/2022 Judge: Lyle E. Frank is already a famous case. Banned from MSG, these attorneys took to the courts.
The present action anses out of Defendant MADISON SQUARE GARDEN ENTERTAINMENT CORP.’s…
Plaintiff, Lil Wayne seeks to sue his “former representative” and lawyer of 13 years for practicing law in New York without a license. Carter v Sweeney, 2023 NY Slip Op 00150
Decided on January 12, 2023, Appellate Division, First Department , fails for a plethora of reasons.
“Plaintiff, a prominent rap artist and musician, alleges…
Reem Contr. v Altschul & Altshcul 2022 NY Slip Op 34430(U) December 30, 2022 Supreme Court, New York County Docket Number: Index No. 104202/2011 Judge: Kelly A. O’Neill Levy discusses two interesting points: when an expert is needed in a summary judgment motion on a legal malpractice case (covered on 1/9/23) and whether an…
Reem Contr. v Altschul & Altshcul 2022 NY Slip Op 34430(U) December 30, 2022 Supreme Court, New York County Docket Number: Index No. 104202/2011 Judge: Kelly A. O’Neill Levy discusses two interesting points: when an expert is needed in a summary judgment motion on a legal malpractice case and whether an account stated claim…
Last post, we discussed Gad v Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, LLP 2022 NY Slip Op 34357(U) December 20, 2022 Supreme Court, New York County Docket Number: Index No. 156841/2021 Judge: Margaret A. Chan where siblings fight long and hard over a very lucrative business, resulting in years of litigation, costly attorney fees, and the…
In Gad v Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, LLP 2022 NY Slip Op 34357(U) December 20, 2022 Supreme Court, New York County Docket Number: Index No. 156841/2021
Judge: Margaret A. Chan Siblings fight long and hard over a very lucrative business, resulting in years of litigation, costly attorney fees, and the ultimate try at selling…
Strict privity of contract requirements make legal malpractice different from all other types of litigation. Even in products liability, which once rested completely and solely upon privity of contract as a prerequisite, things have loosened. Betz v Blatt, 2022 NY Slip Op 07430 Decided on December 28, 2022 Appellate Division, Second Department, which…
In Richmond Hospitality, LLC v Abrams, Fensterman, Fensterman, Eisman, Formato, Ferrera, Wolf & Carone, LLP 2022 NY Slip Op 51310(U) Decided on December 20, 2022
Supreme Court, Richmond County Castorina Jr., J. we see a situation unique to legal malpractice cases. Early on the Court will dismiss, determining that the complaint cannot state a cause…
