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29 Mar 2024, 5:45 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
Conklin, who represented plaintiff in an underlying action alleging accounting malpractice, among other things, were entitled to dismissal of the complaint given that plaintiff failed to allege that defendants were negligent or that they proximately caused any damages (see Rudolf v Shayne, Dachs, Stanisci, Corker & Sauer, 8 NY3d 438, 442 [2007]; Fielding v Kupferman, 65 AD3d 437, 442 [1st Dept 2009]). [read post]
10 Jan 2024, 6:32 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
“To establish causation, a plaintiff must show that he or she would have prevailed in the underlying action or would not have incurred any damages, but for the lawyer’s negligence” (Rudolf v Shayne, Dachs, Stanisci, Corker & Sauer, 8 NY3d 438, 442; see Valley Ventures, LLC v Joseph J. [read post]
18 Dec 2023, 3:25 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
Conklin, who represented plaintiff in an underlying action alleging accounting malpractice, among other things, were entitled to dismissal of the complaint given that plaintiff failed to allege that defendants were negligent or that they proximately caused any damages (see Rudolf v Shayne, Dachs, Stanisci, Corker & Sauer, 8 NY3d 438, 442 [2007]; Fielding v Kupferman, 65 AD3d 437, 442 [1st Dept 2009]). [read post]
30 Oct 2023, 5:01 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
“To state a cause of action alleging legal malpractice, a plaintiff must allege that the attorney failed to exercise the ordinary reasonable skill and knowledge commonly possessed by a member of the legal profession and that the attorney’s breach of this duty proximately caused the plaintiff to sustain actual and ascertainable damages (Rudolf v Shayne, Dachs, Stanisci, Corker, & Sauer, 8 N.Y.3d 438 [2007]; Philip S. [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]
7 Feb 2023, 5:58 pm by Jacob Katz Cogan
The Evolution of Hong Kong’s International Positioning from Western Imperialism to Chinese Authoritarianism Walther Schücking Lecture Daniel McCarthy, Professor Bruno Simma’s Reflections on Dispute Resolution at the Peace Palace General Articles Julien Berger, The End of Intra-EU Investor-State Arbitration Henning Goeke, Moria 2.0 – Systemic Human Rights Violation and the Chance of a Pilot Decision Silvia Venier, The International Regime Governing Notification,… [read post]
12 Dec 2022, 3:54 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
Dismissal of the legal malpractice counterclaim was warranted because defendant failed to adequately plead proximate causation (see Rudolf v Shayne, Dachs, Stanisci, Corker & Sauer, 8 NY3d 438, 442 [2007]; Leon v Martinez, 84 NY2d 83, 87-88 [1994]). [read post]
12 Oct 2022, 4:52 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
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 (Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP v Fashion Boutique of Short Hills, Inc., 10 AD3d 267, 272 [1st Dept 2004]; see Rudolf v Shayne, Dachs, Stanisci, Corker & Sauer, 8 NY3d 438, 442 [2007]). [read post]
28 Sep 2022, 2:06 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
” “Here, because Brooks plead guilty to certain tax evasion counts, those convictions were not abated by the Second Circuit in United States v Brooks (872 F3d 78, 87-88 [2d Cir 2017)). [read post]
23 Sep 2022, 4:44 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
” “The amended complaint states a cause of action for legal malpractice and the documents submitted do not utterly refute the factual allegations underlying that cause of action (see generally Rudolf v Shayne, Dachs, Stanisci, Corker & Sauer, 8 NY3d 438, 442 [2007]; Leon v Martinez, 84 NY2d 83, 87-88 [1994]; Goshen v Mutual Life Ins. [read post]
7 Sep 2022, 5:32 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
The Second Circuit’s decision vacating his conviction was issued on September 20, 2017 (see United States v Brooks, 872 F3d 78, 96 [2d Cir 2017]) and this case was not commenced until September 2021. [read post]
8 Aug 2022, 5:46 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
” “The amended complaint states a cause of action for legal malpractice and the documents submitted do not utterly refute the factual allegations underlying that cause of action (see generally Rudolf v Shayne, Dachs, Stanisci, Corker & Sauer, 8 NY3d 438, 442 [2007]; Leon v Martinez, 84 NY2d 83, 87-88 [1994]; Goshen v Mutual Life Ins. [read post]
3 Aug 2022, 4:37 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
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 (Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP v Fashion Boutique of Short Hills, Inc., 10 AD3d 267, 272 [1st Dept 2004]; see Rudolf v Shayne, Dachs, Stanisci, Corker & Sauer, 8 NY3d 438, 442 [2007]). [read post]
29 Jul 2022, 4:10 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
Auth., 182 AD3d 970, 971; Matter of Brennan v New York State Dept. of Health, 159 AD3d 1250, 1252; Matter of Trotman v New York State Cts., 117 AD3d 1164, 1165; Matter of Littles v New York State Dept. of Corrections, 61 AD3d 1266, 1268; Matter of Cushion v Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 46 AD3d 1095, 1096; cf. [read post]
23 May 2022, 3:58 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
In light of the discretion imparted by the consent form, “the plaintiff[s’] contention that the alleged malpractice resulted in legally cognizable damages is conclusory and speculative inasmuch as it is premised on decisions that were within the sole discretion of the [hospital]” (Bua v Purcell & Ingrao, P.C., 99 AD3d at 848; see AmBase Corp. v Davis Polk & Wardwell, 8 NY3d 428, 436; Dempster v Liotti, 86 AD3d at 180; Hashmi… [read post]