Legal Opinion
Ruotolo v. Mussman
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 18, 2013Published
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Saliann Scarpulla, J.), entered April 5, 2012, which granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
In this legal malpractice action, plaintiff, a retired New York City police officer, retained defendants to represent him in a lawsuit against the New York City Eolice Department (NYFD) and the City of New York. The complaint in that lawsuit alleged retaliation in violation of the First Amendment based on plaintiffs writing of a report, written pursuant to his duties as a safety officer, that…
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