Legal Opinion

Estate of Feder v. Winne, Banta, Hetherington, Basralian & Kahn, P.C.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided May 15, 2014Published

1Opinion of the Court

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Donna M. Mills, J.), entered March 13, 2013, which granted defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint alleging legal malpractice and breach of fiduciary duty, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The motion court properly considered the email and correspondence from defendant to plaintiff, as executor of the estate, in dismissing the complaint for failure to state a cause of action pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (7) (David v Hack, 97 AD3d 437, 438 [1st Dept 2012]; see also Eighth Ave. Garage Corp. v Kaye Scholer LLP, 93 AD3d 611, 612 [1st Dept 2012], lv…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP v. Fashion Boutique of Short Hills, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
  2. Brooks v. LewinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005
  3. Robinson v. RobinsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003
  4. David v. HackAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
  5. Rodriguez v. Lipsig, Shapey, Manus & Moverman, P.C.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011

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