Search for: "Matter of McCoy v McCoy" Results 41 - 60 of 193
Sort by Relevance | Sort by Date
RSS Subscribe: 20 results | 100 results
10 Feb 2020, 4:36 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
However, “[t]he continuous representation doctrine serves to toll the statute of limitations and render timely an otherwise time-barred cause of action for legal malpractice, but ‘only where there is a mutual understanding of the need for further representation on the specific subject matter underlying the malpractice claim’ ” (King Tower Realty Corp. v G & G Funding Corp., 163 AD3d 541, 543 [2018], quoting McCoy v Feinman,… [read post]
8 Jan 2020, 4:42 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
However, “[t]he continuous representation doctrine serves to toll the statute of limitations and render timely an otherwise time-barred cause of action for legal malpractice, but ‘only where there is a mutual understanding of the need for further representation on the specific subject matter underlying the malpractice claim’ ” (King Tower Realty Corp. v G & G Funding Corp., 163 AD3d 541, 543 [2018], quoting McCoy v Feinman,… [read post]
5 Nov 2019, 4:11 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
A plaintiff seeking to recover damages for legal malpractice must prove that the defendant attorney failed to exercise the ordinary reasonable skill and knowledge commonly possessed by a member of the legal profession, and that the breach of this duty proximately caused the plaintiff to sustain actual and ascertainable damages (see McCoy v Feinman, 99 NY2d 295, 301-302 [2002]; Biberaj v Acocella, 120 AD3d 1285, 1286 [2014]). [read post]
21 Oct 2019, 6:00 am by Brian Gallini
In its well-known decision of Illinois v. [read post]
1 Oct 2019, 4:40 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
 . regardless of when the operative facts are discovered by the plaintiff” (Farage v Ehrenberg, 124 AD3d at 164 [citations omitted]; see McCoy v Feinman, 99 NY2d 295, 301 [2002]; Quinn v McCabe, Collins, McGeough & Fowler, LLP, 138 AD3d at 1086). [read post]
5 Jul 2019, 3:03 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
Plaintiff’s status as a self-represented litigant does not alter this analysis (see Matter of Kent v Kent, 29 AD3d 123, 130-31 [1st Dept 2006]). [read post]
5 Jul 2019, 3:03 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
Plaintiff’s status as a self-represented litigant does not alter this analysis (see Matter of Kent v Kent, 29 AD3d 123, 130-31 [1st Dept 2006]). [read post]
13 May 2019, 4:12 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
In an action to recover damages for legal malpractice, “a plaintiff must establish that the defendant attorney failed to exercise the ordinary reasonable skill and knowledge commonly possessed by a member of the legal profession, and that the breach of this duty proximately caused the plaintiff to sustain actual and ascertainable damages ***” ( Island Properties & Equities, LLC v Cox, 93 AD3d 639, 640 [2d Dept 2012]; McCoy v Feinman, 99 NY2d 295… [read post]
1 May 2019, 4:31 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
 The “continuous representation doctrine tolls the statute of limitations … where there is a mutual understanding of the need for further representation on the specific subject matter underlying the malpractice claim” (Zorn v Gilbert, 8 NY3d 933, 934 [2007], quoting McCoy v Feinman, 99 NY2d 295, 306 [2002]; see also Shumsky v Eisenstein, 96 NY2d 164, 167-168 [2001J). [read post]
8 Apr 2019, 1:41 pm by Rebecca Tushnet
Details will matter as will implementation. [read post]