Legal Opinion
Summerville v. Lipsig
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 30, 2000PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Carol Huff, J.), entered March 15, 1999, which granted defendants’ motion to dismiss this action for legal malpractice on the ground that it does not state a cause of action, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Plaintiff, an innocent bystander to a bank robbery, was shot by an off-duty police officer, in violation of established police guidelines governing the use of deadly force (Summerville v City of New York, 257 AD2d 566, lv denied 94 NY2d 755). He retained defendant law firm, which filed a suit on his behalf against the City but not against the…
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- Cappetta v. LippmanDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1996
- Summerville v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
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