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6 Apr 2018, 4:43 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
These allegations state a cause of action for legal malpractice (see Brooks v Lewin, 21 AD3d 731, 734 [1st Dept 2005], lv denied 6 NY3d 713 [2006]). [read post]
13 Dec 2019, 4:22 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
“This action alleging legal malpractice was correctly dismissed because plaintiff could not show that, but for defendants’ negligence, he would have prevailed in the underlying action alleging false arrest, wrongful imprisonment, and the deprivation of rights under 42 USC § 1983 (see Brooks v Lewin, 21 AD3d 731, 734 [1st Dept 2005], lv denied 6 NY3d 713 [2006]). [read post]
25 Oct 2019, 4:41 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
Were we to reach those arguments, we would nevertheless find that plaintiff’s allegations supported an inference of proximate causation and the documentary evidence did not refute those allegations (CPLR 3211[a][1], [7]; Brooks v Lewin, 21 AD3d 731, 734 [1st Dept 2005], lv denied 6 NY3d 713 [2006]; cf. [read post]
11 Mar 2020, 4:20 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
“In this legal malpractice action, plaintiff failed to establish prima facie that, but for defendants’ alleged negligence in representing him in the underlying personal injury action, he would have prevailed in that action (see Brooks v Lewin, 21 AD3d 731, 734 [1st Dept 2005], lv denied 6 NY3d 713 [2006]). [read post]
8 Apr 2019, 4:21 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
Such speculation is insufficient to sustain a claim for legal malpractice (see Freeman v Brecher, 155 AD3d 453, 453 [1st Dept 2017]; Brooks v Lewin, 21 AD3d 731, 734-735 [1st Dept 2005], lv denied 6 NY3d 713 [2006]). [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]
17 Feb 2012, 2:53 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
Hence, he failed to show that any negligence on defendants' part proximately caused him to recover less than he was otherwise entitled to (see Brooks v Lewin, 21 AD3d 731, 734 [2005], lv denied 6 NY3d 713 [2006]). [read post]
29 Aug 2012, 3:42 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
Hence, he failed to show that any negligence on defendants' part proximately caused him to recover less than he was otherwise entitled to (see Brooks v Lewin, 21 AD3d 731, 734 [2005], lv denied 6 NY3d 713 [2006]). [read post]
24 Jan 2024, 4:36 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
The First Department has held that to establish prox.in1atc cause on a claim for legal malpractice, the “plaintiff must demonstrate that but for the attorney’s negligence, [they] would have prevailed in the underlying mailer or would not have sustained any ascertainable damages” (Brooks v, Lewin, 21AD3d 73 1, 734 [1st Dept 2005]). [read post]
6 Apr 2010, 3:16 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
Issues of fact exist, however, as to whether Striano was involved in certain decisions regarding the handling of the mortgage foreclosure actions filed against the borrower and, if so, whether those decisions constituted an intervening cause of the plaintiffs' injuries (see Eisenberger v Septimus, 44 AD3d 994, 995; Brooks v Lewin, 21 AD3d 731, 734; Selletti v Liotti, 22 AD3d 739, 740; Blank v Harry Katz, P.C., 3 AD3d 512, 513). [read post]
17 Jan 2012, 2:46 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
Issues of fact exist, however, as to whether Striano was involved in certain decisions regarding the handling of the mortgage foreclosure actions filed against the borrower and, if so, whether those decisions constituted an intervening cause of the plaintiffs' injuries (see Eisenberger v Septimus, 44 AD3d 994, 995; Brooks v Lewin, 21 AD3d 731, 734; Selletti v Liotti, 22 AD3d 739, 740; Blank v Harry Katz, P.C., 3 AD3d 512, 513). [read post]
5 Jul 2019, 3:03 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
Although his legal malpractice claims premised on defendants’ representation of him in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit arguably were timely and not barred by collateral estoppel, plaintiff failed to show that defendants’ alleged failures caused him to lose on that appeal (see Brooks v Lewin, 21 AD3d 731, 734 [1st Dept 2005], lv denied 6 NY3d 713 [2006]). [read post]
5 Jul 2019, 3:03 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
Although his legal malpractice claims premised on defendants’ representation of him in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit arguably were timely and not barred by collateral estoppel, plaintiff failed to show that defendants’ alleged failures caused him to lose on that appeal (see Brooks v Lewin, 21 AD3d 731, 734 [1st Dept 2005], lv denied 6 NY3d 713 [2006]). [read post]
16 Feb 2022, 4:59 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
There is no evidence in the record to support plaintiffs’ expert accountant’s assumption that if DFS had taken the same actions against plaintiffs nine months earlier, plaintiffs would have undertaken the same remedial measures nine months earlier (see Brooks v Lewin, 21 AD3d 731, 734-735 [1st Dept 2005], lv denied 6 NY3d 713 [2006]). [read post]
20 Dec 2023, 6:32 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
In order to establish a legal malpractice claim, a plaintiff must establish “three elements: (1) that the attorney was negligent; (2) that such negligence was a proximate cause of plaintiff’s losses; and (3) proof of actual damages” (Brooks v Lewin, 21 AD3d 731, 734 [1st Dept 2005], lv denied 6 NY3d 713 [2006]). [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]
18 Sep 2023, 4:41 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
 “An attorney’s conduct or inaction is the proximate cause of a plaintiff’s damages if “but for” the attorney’s negligence “the plaintiff would have succeeded on the merits of the underlying action” (AmBase Corp. v Davis Polk & Wardwell, 8 NY3d 428, 434, 866 NE2d 1033, 834 NYS2d 705 [2007]), or would not have sustained “actual and ascertainable” damages (Dombrowski, 19 NY3d at 350; Brooks v… [read post]
18 Dec 2023, 3:25 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
This speculation is insufficient to establish that defendant’s malpractice, if any, was a proximate cause of plaintiff’s losses (see Brooks v Lewin, 21 AD3d 731, 734-735 [1st Dept 2005], lv denied 6 NY3d 713 [2006]). [read post]