Rovello v. Klein
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for legal malpractice and breach of fiduciary duty, the plaintiffs appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Bellantoni, J.), entered March 28, 2002, which granted the motion of the defendant Donald S. Klein to dismiss the complaint insofar as asserted against him for failure to state a cause of action.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
It is well established that, with respect to attorney malpractice, absent fraud, collusion, malicious acts, or other special circumstances, an attorney is not liable to third…
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