McKenna v. Forsyth & Forsyth
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Green, J.
To establish a prima facie case of legal malpractice, the client must show that his or her attorney failed to exercise the degree of skill commonly exercised by an ordinary member of the legal community and that the client sustained damages as a direct result of the attorney’s actions (see, Marshall v Nacht, 172 AD2d 727, 727-728; Marquez v Ross Dev., 162 AD2d 1011). When the attorney’s actions result directly in the loss of a cause of action, “the measure of damages is generally the value of the claim lost” (Campagnola v Mulholland, Minion & Roe, 76 NY2d 38, 42).…
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