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12 Jun 2012, 2:52 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
These allegations do not set out the standard of skill required of an attorney or state that defendant's actions fell below that skill level (see Leder v Spiegel, 9 NY3d 836, 837 [2007], cert denied 552 US 1257 [2008]; compare Canavan v Steenburg, 170 AD2d 858, 859 [1991]; see also Kolev and Collins, The Importance of Due Diligence: Real Estate Transactions in a Complex Land Use World, 84 NY St BJ 24 [March/April 2012]). [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]
13 Oct 2011, 2:24 pm by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
Leder v Spiegel, 9 NY3d 836 [2007]; Rudolf v Shayne, Dachs, Stanisci, Corker & Sauer, 8 NY3d 438 [2007]; AmBase Corp. v Davis Polk & Wardwell, 8 NY3d 428 [2007]; Davis v Klein, 88 NY2d 1008 [1996]; Carmel v Lunney, 70 NY2d 169 [1987]). [read post]
27 Nov 2023, 5:21 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
Consequently, we conclude that plaintiff’s allegations, even if accepted as true, fail to allege a prima facie case of legal malpractice (see CPLR 3211 [a] [7]; Leder, 9 NY3d at 837). [read post]
2 Jun 2011, 2:36 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
To state a cause of action to recover damages for legal malpractice, a plaintiff must allege: (1) that the attorney "failed to exercise the ordinary reasonable skill and knowledge commonly possessed by a member of the legal profession," and (2) that the attorney's breach of the duty proximately caused the plaintiff actual and ascertainable damages (Leder v Spiegel, 9 NY3d 836, 837, cert denied sub nom. [read post]
5 Sep 2019, 4:33 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
“To state a cause of action to recover damages for legal malpractice, a plaintiff must allege: (1) that the attorney failed to exercise the ordinary reasonable skill and knowledge commonly possessed by a member of the legal profession; and (2) that the attorney’s breach of the duty proximately caused the plaintiff actual and ascertainable damages” (Dempster v Liotti, 86 AD3d 169, 176 [2011] [internal quotation marks omitted]; see Leder v Spiegel, 9… [read post]
1 Sep 2009, 4:39 am
The failure to demonstrate proximate cause requires dismissal of a legal malpractice action regardless of whether the attorney was negligent (see Leder v Spiegel, 31 AD3d 266, 267-268 [2006], affd 9 NY3d 836 [2007])" (id. at 797). [read post]
19 Jan 2010, 3:50 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
"'In order to sustain a claim for legal malpractice, a plaintiff must establish both that the defendant attorney failed to exercise the ordinary reasonable skill and knowledge commonly possessed by a member of the legal profession which results in actual damages to a plaintiff, and that the plaintiff would have succeeded on the merits of the underlying action "but for" the attorney's negligence'" (Leder v Spiegel, 9 NY3d 836, 837 [2007], cert… [read post]
14 Sep 2009, 4:35 am
Leder v Spiegel, 9 NY3d 836 [2007]; Rudolf v Shayne, Dachs, Stanisci, Corker & Sauer, 8 NY3d 438 [2007]; AmBase Corp. v Davis Polk & Wardwell, 8 NY3d 428 [2007]; Davis v Klein, 88 NY2d 1008 [1996]; Carmel v Lunney, 70 NY2d 169 [1987]). [read post]
13 Dec 2011, 2:52 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
These allegations met the requirements of a legal malpractice claim inasmuch as they set forth " the negligence of the attorney; that the negligence was the proximate cause of the loss sustained; and actual damages'" (see O'Callaghan v Brunelle, 84 AD3d 581, 582 [2011], quoting Leder v Spiegel, 31 AD3d 266, 267 [2006], affd 9 NY3d 836 [2007], cert denied 552 US 1257 [2008]). [read post]
24 Aug 2011, 3:09 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
In any event, the plaintiff has failed to present any proof that such alleged failures were the proximate cause of any damages sustained by the plaintiff (see Leder v Speigel, 9 NY3d 836, 840 NYS2d 888 [2007]; Manna Fuel Oil Corp v Ades, 14 AD3d 666,789 NYS2d 288 [2d Dept 20051). [read post]