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6 Jan 2021, 3:11 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
Moreover, many of the factual allegations in the complaint, including those concerning the adjournment of a preliminary conference and defendants’ alleged wrongful withdrawal from representation, are flatly contradicted by documentary evidence in the record and therefore are not entitled to be considered as true (see Beattie v Brown & Wood, 243 AD2d 395 [1st Dept 1997]). [read post]
3 Feb 2015, 5:10 am by The Law Office of Philip D. Cave
Beatty, 64 M.J. 456, 458, 2007 CAAF LEXIS 534, 7 (C.A.A.F. 2007). [read post]
15 Jun 2012, 6:02 am by Staci Zaretsky
Quist, Judge Gordon Quist, Kent Beattie, Labor Statistics, Lateral Hiring, Lateral Moves, Laterals, Law School Lawsuits, Law School Litigation, Law Schools, MacDonald v. [read post]
15 Jun 2012, 6:02 am by Staci Zaretsky
Quist, Judge Gordon Quist, Kent Beattie, Labor Statistics, Lateral Hiring, Lateral Moves, Laterals, Law School Lawsuits, Law School Litigation, Law Schools, MacDonald v. [read post]
12 Mar 2017, 3:25 am by INFORRM
For the defendants: Tom Blackburn SC and Lyndelle Barnett instructed by Leanne Norman, Phil Beattie and Courtney Scallan of Banki Haddock Fiora. [read post]
16 Nov 2017, 4:25 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
The legal malpractice case is first dismissed:  “Plaintiff’s claim for legal malpractice in connection with an underlying settlement fails to state a cause of action in the absence of allegations that the “settlement . . . was effectively compelled by the mistakes of [defendant] counsel” (Bernstein v Oppenheim & Co., 160 AD2d 428, 430 [1st Dept 1990]) or the result of fraud or coercion (see Beattie v Brown & Wood, 243 AD2d 395 [1st Dept… [read post]
10 Jan 2018, 4:12 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
Defendant “may not shift to the client the legal responsibility it was specifically hired to undertake” (Escape Airports [USA], Inc. v Kent, Beatty & Gordon, LLP, 79 AD3d 437, 439 [1st Dept 2010] [internal quotation marks omitted]). [read post]
27 Sep 2017, 4:14 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
These factual allegations, as supplemented by plaintiffs’ papers in opposition to defendant attorney’s dismissal motion, sufficiently alleged a legal malpractice claim (see generally Leon v Martinez, 84 NY2d 83, 87-88 [1994]; see Brooks v Lewin, 21 AD3d 731, 734 [1st Dept 2005], lv denied 6 NY3d 713 [2006]; Escape Airports [USA], Inc. v Kent, Beatty & Gordon, LLP, 79 AD3d 437 [1st Dept 2010]). [read post]
18 Oct 2021, 3:44 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
On this record, triable issues of fact exist as to whether, but for defendant’s failure to inform plaintiff’s principal that it could be locked into the sale agreement in perpetuity if it did not obtain municipal approval for redevelopment, it would not have entered into the contract as written and would have avoided litigation with the buyer who sued for specific performance (see Leggiadro, Ltd. v Winston & Strawn, LLP, 151 AD3d 413 [1st Dept 2017]; Escape… [read post]
22 Sep 2015, 2:32 pm
Beatty, who joined in the Waccamaw opinion. [read post]
30 Mar 2011, 1:22 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
Corp., 54 NY2d 18 [1981]), and plaintiff has stated, at this juncture, a cognizable claim against defendant law firm for failure to sufficiently advise it of the consequences of the tax escalation clause in the lease it eventually executed with its landlord several months after retaining defendant (see Escape Airports (USA), Inc. v Kent, Beatty & Gordon, LLP, 79 AD3d 437 [2010]). [read post]
31 May 2007, 11:52 am
" NFP civil opinions today (4): Rita Beatty, et al. v. [read post]