Legal Opinion
Walker v. Saftler
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 20, 1997PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Gerald Esposito, J.), entered January 22, 1997, which, in an action for legal malpractice and breach of retainer agreements, denied defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously modified, on the law, to dismiss the first cause of action alleging conflict of interest and so much of the remaining causes of action as are based upon defendants’ negligence in prosecuting the underlying action, and otherwise affirmed, without costs.
The action should be dismissed insofar as based upon defendants’ negligence in prosecuting causes of…
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