We are pleased to announce that Richard Klass, has been selected to the 2022 New York Metro Super Lawyers list. This is an exclusive list, recognizing no more than five percent of attorneys in the New York Metro area. Super Read More »
Plaintiffs failed to meet their shifted burden.
In Colucci v Rzepka, 209 AD3d 1205, 1207-08 [3d Dept 2022], the court held: “An action to recover damages arising from legal malpractice must be commenced within three years after accrual” (Zorn v. Gilbert, 8 N.Y.3d 933, 933–934, 834 N.Y.S.2d 702, 866 Read More »
Sometimes, Litigation Is Like Playing Whac-A-Mole®
We pick up and “play it again” where our Spring issue of Law Currents, “Don’t Play it Again, Sam,” left off. To remind you, here were the facts in that article, concerning actions in 2012 and 2021. 2012 Action In Read More »
Plaintiff failed to allege that “but for” defendant’s negligent conduct, he would have prevailed.
In _Markov v Barrows_, 172 NYS3d 434, 435 [1st Dept 2022], the court dismissed the legal malpractice action as follows:
Supreme Court properly dismissed plaintiff’s legal malpractice cause of action in the original complaint because he failed to allege that “but for” defendant’s negligent conduct, he would have prevailed in the underlying action…
A good reminder about complying with discovery demands in litigation
Gorbatov v Tsirelman, 206 AD3d 887, 889-90 [2d Dept 2022] is a good reminder about complying with discovery demands in litigation.
