Cramer v. Englert
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtCarpinello, J.
Appeals (1) from an order of the Supreme Court (Teresi, J.), entered October 29, 1999 in Albany County, which, inter alia, granted defendants’ motion for preclusion, and (2) from a judgment of said court, entered December 15, 1999 in Albany County, upon a verdict rendered in favor of defendants.
Most legal malpractice actions involve the resolution of “a ‘lawsuit within a lawsuit’ ” (Titsworth v Mondo, 95 Misc 2d 233, 242), a characterization arising from the fact that in order to succeed in a legal malpractice action, a client must prove that but for an attorney’s professional negligence, he…
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