Cinao v. Reers

In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for legal malpractice, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Spodek, J.), dated December 15, 2011, which denied his motion pursuant to CPLR 4404 (a) to set aside a jury verdict in favor of the defendant and for a new trial.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The plaintiff, who served for a time as the trustee of a trust that had been established by his mother in Hawaii, the situs of the trust, commenced this legal malpractice action alleging that the defendant, among other things, failed to properly…