Legal Opinion
Pistilli v. Gandin
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided August 2, 2004PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover damages for legal malpractice, the *354plaintiff appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Burke, J.), entered July 18, 2003, which, upon an order of the same court dated July 1, 2003, granting the defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, dismissed the complaint.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.
On a cause of action to recover damages for legal malpractice, a plaintiff must prove that the defendant failed to exercise the care, skill, and diligence commonly possessed and exercised by a member of the legal…
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