When a plaintiffs claim “requires speculation about future events,” it“does not sufficiently establish that defendants proximately caused him ascertainable damages” (Ferguson v Hauser, 156 AD3d 425, 425·426 [1st Dept 2017]; Sherwood Group v Dornbush, Mensch, Mandelstam & Silverman, 191 AD2d 292, 294 [1st Dept 1993] [hypothetical course of events on which any determination of damages would have to be based constitutes a chain of… [read post]