Legal Opinion
Boulton v. Fuchsberg
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 12, 1991PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover damages for legal malpractice, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Morrison, J.), dated December 15, 1989, which granted the defendants’ motion to vacate their default in answering, and to compel the plaintiff to accept their answer.
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, and as a matter of discretion, with costs, the motion is denied, and the *535matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Nassau County, for an inquest as to damages and entry of a default judgment in the plaintiff’s favor.
On June 19, 1977, William Boulton, Jr.,…
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