Legal Opinion

730 J & J, LLC v. Polizzotto & Polizzotto, Esqs.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided January 12, 2010PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The plaintiff, 730 J & J, LLC, retained the defendant law firm in 1998 to represent it in connection with a foreclosure action. Specifically, the defendant was retained, inter alia, to confirm a referee’s report of sale on behalf of the plaintiff and to file a motion for leave to enter a deficiency judgment against the mortgagor.

On March 2, 2006, the plaintiff commenced this action to recover damages for legal malpractice based on the defendant’s failure to secure a deficiency judgment, the consequence of *705which was the dismissal of the plaintiff’s negligence action against the plaintiffs…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Winegrad v. New York University Medical CenterNew York Court of Appeals · 1985
  2. McCoy v. FeinmanNew York Court of Appeals · 2002
  3. Shumsky v. EisensteinNew York Court of Appeals · 2001
  4. Rachlin v. LaRossa, Mitchell & RossAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Farage v. EhrenbergAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014
  2. Tsafatinos v. Lee David Auerbach, P.C.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
  3. Brown-Jodoin v. PirrottiAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016
  4. Lytell v. LorussoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
  5. Duque v. PerezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012

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