Garten v. Shearman & Sterling LLP
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Ira Gammerman, J.H.O.), entered December 12, 2007, which, in this legal malpractice action arising out of a loan transaction, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint, unanimously modified, on the law, to dismiss the causes of action for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, and common-law negligence, and otherwise affirmed, without costs.
Plaintiff has stated a cause of action for legal malpractice by alleging that “but for” defendant’s failure to prepare and procure documents necessary to provide him with a first-priority security…
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