Legal Opinion
Ippolito v. McCormack, Damiani, Lowe & Mellon
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 4, 1999PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—In an action to recover damages for legal malpractice, the defendants appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Rockland County (Nicolai, J.), dated October 30, 1998, which denied their motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the motion is granted, and the complaint is dismissed.
The plaintiff was allegedly injured in an altercation that took place in a bar. The plaintiff retained the defendants to commence an action against the bar owner, but the defendants did not do so before the Statute of Limitations expired. The…
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