Legal Opinion
DeNatale v. Santangelo
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided September 8, 2009PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover damages for legal malpractice, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, West-*1007Chester County (Colabella, J.), entered February 28, 2008, which granted the motion of the defendants Ronald A. Ball, Wayne N. Rubin, and Ball & Rubin, LLE] to dismiss the complaint insofar as asserted against them pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a).
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
To establish a cause of action to recover damages for legal malpractice, a plaintiff must prove “that the defendant-attorney failed to exercise that degree of care, skill, and diligence…
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