Nat Kagan Meat & Poultry, Inc. v. Kalter

— In a legal malpractice action, defendants appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Orange County, dated November 8, 1978, which denied their renewed motion for summary judgment. Order reversed, on the law, with $50 costs and disbursements and the motion is granted. A judicial determination fixing the value of a professional’s services necessarily decides that there was no malpractice (Blair v Bartlett, 75 NY 150). This rule applies where an attorney seeks a charging lien for services rendered by him in the underlying action (see Judiciary Law, § 475) as well as to a plenary action for…