There can be no more classic case in legal malpractice than that of a passenger who is injured in a car accident, whose attorney fails to start the case. Nevertheless, Atiencia v Pinczewski, 2017 NY Slip Op 01839 Decided on March 15, 2017 Appellate Division, Second Department was dismissed in Kings County.
The Appellate…
Sometimes, people get a tad too worked up over the small things. Ruffalo v Iannace
2017 NY Slip Op 50296(U) Decided on March 9, 2017 Supreme Court, Westchester County
Marx, J. might be an example.
“Plaintiff moves for an order permitting him to proceed as a poor person and for assignment of counsel in this…
Sometimes it takes a federal court decision to clarify the current state of the law in a discrete area.
Judge Crotty neatly sets forth the application of Judiciary…
We’re having a little trouble understanding what went wrong in the transaction, and why the legal malpractice case was brought. It looks like the sub-sub-lessor bought the sub-lessor’s stock and then encountered trouble with the landlord. However, that theory emerged only on appeal. So, in Salyamov v Lyhovsky 2017 NY Slip Op 00929 Decided on…
The New York Law Journal reported a “drastic sanction” against a medical malpractice defense firm today in Lucas v Stam 2017 NY Slip Op 01190 Decided on February 15, 2017 Appellate Division, Second Department.
“This medical malpractice action arises from ophthalmological surgery performed on September 5, 2007, on the plaintiff’s decedent by the defendant William…
Jury verdicts in the Legal Malpractice field are rare. Most cases are settled, and the balance are disposed of in motion practice. We are proud to share a New York Law Journal news article with you about this Legal Malpractice Jury Verdict from Supreme Court, Westchester County.
“A jury awarded nearly $400,000 to a Westchester…
Salyamov v Lyhovsky 2017 NY Slip Op 00929 Decided on February 7, 2017 Appellate Division, First Department is a very short, very direct reversal of summary judgment in which the AD reverses the opinion of Justice Wright, who has since been transferred from Supreme Court to Family Court. How could there have been such a…
Legal malpractice is an arcane and complicated body of law. It has certain doctrines and principles that do not show up in other areas of the law. Some are found in medical malpractice and some are found nowhere else. The attorney-judgment rule is one doctrine that is shared with medical malpractice. The “but for “…
Continuing to review the 2016 Judiciary Law § 487 Cases:
Titan Capital ID, LLC v Eshaghpour 2016 NY Slip Op 31925(U) October 13, 2016
Supreme Court, New York County Docket Number: 650128/2016 Judge: O. Peter Sherwood
On Oral Argument the JL 487 was withdrawn on consent
We continue to review Judiciary Law §487 cases frp 2016:
19. Kaplan v Valley Natl. Bank 2016 NY Slip Op 51108(U) [52 Misc 3d 1210(A)] Decided on July 20, 2016 Supreme Court, Suffolk County Emerson, J.
“The plaintiff’s mother, Marilyn Kaplan, executed a will in 1994, leaving her interest in the home that she shared…
