Nardone v. Flanagan, Hall, Kelly, Ronan & Spollen

—In an action to recover damages for legal malpractice, the plaintiffs appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Adams, J.), entered August 13, 1996, which (1) granted the defendants’ respective motions for leave to serve amended answers interposing the affirmative defenses of ratification and collateral estoppel, (2) granted the defendants’ respective motion and cross motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, and (3) denied the plaintiffs’ cross motion for summary judgment.

Ordered that the order is modified, on the law, by deleting the provision thereof which…