Ashton v. Scotman
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—In an action to recover damages for legal malpractice, the defendant appeals, as limited by her brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Rappaport, J.), dated February 27, 1998, as denied her motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
Ordered that the order is reversed insofar as appealed from, on the law, with costs, the motion is granted, and the complaint is dismissed.
To recover damages for legal malpractice, a plaintiff must prove that the attorney failed to exercise that degree of care, skill, and diligence commonly exercised by an ordinary member of…
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