Balkheimer v. Spanton
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover damages for legal malpractice, the third-party defendants appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Tanenbaum, J.), dated December 9, 2011, which denied their motion pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (5) and (7) to dismiss the third-party complaint.
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, and the motion of the third-party defendants pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (5) and (7) to dismiss the third-party complaint is granted.
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