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27 Mar 2024, 4:57 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
Corp. v McManus & Richter, _ AD3d _, 2024 NY Slip Op 00799, * 5 [1 st Dept 2024]). [read post]
13 Oct 2023, 5:04 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
” To state a cause of action for legal malpractice, in addition to an attorney-clientrelationship, the complaint must set forth “the negligence of the attorney; that the negligence was the proximate cause of the loss sustained; and actual damages” (Leder v Spiegel, 31 AD3d 266 [1st Dept 2006]). [read post]
1 Feb 2021, 5:47 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
” (Leder v Spiegel, 9 NY3d 836, 837 [2007] [internal citations omitted].) [read post]
5 Sep 2019, 4:33 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
“To state a cause of action to recover damages for legal malpractice, a plaintiff must allege: (1) that the attorney failed to exercise the ordinary reasonable skill and knowledge commonly possessed by a member of the legal profession; and (2) that the attorney’s breach of the duty proximately caused the plaintiff actual and ascertainable damages” (Dempster v Liotti, 86 AD3d 169, 176 [2011] [internal quotation marks omitted]; see Leder v… [read post]
24 May 2019, 4:36 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
Spiegel v Rowland, 552 US 1257 [2008] [internal quotation marks and citations omitted]). [read post]
26 Dec 2018, 4:31 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
 To state a cause of action for legal malpractice, a plaintiff must plead “the negligence of the attorney; that the negligence was the proximate cause of the loss sustained; and actual damages” (Leder v Spiegel, 31 AD3d 266, 267 [1st Dept 2006], a.ffd 9 NY3d 836 [2007], cert denied, 552 US 1257 [2008] [citations omitted]). [read post]
3 Apr 2018, 4:21 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
See Leder v Spiegel, 31 AD3d 266, 268 (I st Dept 2006) (“The failure to demonstrate proximate cause mandates the dismissal of a legal malpractice action regardless of whether the attorney was negligent. [read post]
8 Feb 2018, 4:22 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
Leder v Spiegel, 9 NY3d 836, 837 (2007) (internal citation and quotation marks omitted), cert denied sub nom. [read post]
28 Nov 2017, 3:50 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
See Leder v Spiegel, 31 AD3d 266, 268 (I st Dept 2006) (“The failure to demonstrate proximate cause mandates the dismissal of a legal malpractice action regardles~ of whether the attorney was negligent. [read post]
13 Jul 2012, 2:40 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
Spiegel v Rowland, 552 US 1257; see Rudolf v Shayne, Dachs, Stanisci, Corker & Sauer, 8 NY3d 438, 442; McCoy v Feinman, 99 NY2d 295, 301-302; Gioeli v Vlachos, 89 AD3d 984; Dempster v Liotti, 86 AD3d 169, 176). [read post]
2 Jul 2012, 5:26 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
  "Nonetheless, the complaint must be dismissed because plaintiff failed to show that any negligence on defendants' part proximately caused it to be unable to exploit the commercial permit (see Leder v Spiegel, 31 AD3d 266, 267-268 [2006], affd 9 NY3d 836 [2007], cert denied 552 US 1257 [2008]; Brooks v Lewin, 21 AD3d 731, 734 [2005], lv denied 6 NY3d 713 [2006]). [read post]
12 Jun 2012, 2:52 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
These allegations do not set out the standard of skill required of an attorney or state that defendant's actions fell below that skill level (see Leder v Spiegel, 9 NY3d 836, 837 [2007], cert denied 552 US 1257 [2008]; compare Canavan v Steenburg, 170 AD2d 858, 859 [1991]; see also Kolev and Collins, The Importance of Due Diligence: Real Estate Transactions in a Complex Land Use World, 84 NY St BJ 24 [March/April 2012]). [read post]
25 Apr 2012, 3:25 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
In Leder v Spiegel(31 AD3d 246,267 [ 1” Dept 2006 the Appellate Division, First Department, noted that “[in order to state a cause of action for legal malpractice, the complaint must set forth three elements: the negligence of the attorney; that the negligence was the proximate cause of the loss sustained; and actual damages. [read post]
18 Jan 2012, 2:49 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
Finally, construing the pleading in the light most favorable to plaintiff, as is required on consideration of [*4]a CPLR 3211 motion to dismiss, we find that it asserts actions and omissions by defendants that support viable claims for recovery (see Leder v Spiegel, 31 AD3d 266 [2006], affd 9 NY3d 836 [2007], cert denied 552 US 1257 [2008]). [read post]
13 Dec 2011, 2:52 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
These allegations met the requirements of a legal malpractice claim inasmuch as they set forth " the negligence of the attorney; that the negligence was the proximate cause of the loss sustained; and actual damages'" (see O'Callaghan v Brunelle, 84 AD3d 581, 582 [2011], quoting Leder v Spiegel, 31 AD3d 266, 267 [2006], affd 9 NY3d 836 [2007], cert denied 552 US 1257 [2008]). [read post]