Legal Opinion
Garten v. Shearman & Sterling LLP
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 8, 2013PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Jeffrey K. Oing, J.), entered September 7, 2011, which, in this action alleging legal malpractice, granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, with costs.
On an appeal from a denial of a dismissal motion, this Court found that 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 interest, he would have been able to recover the amounts owed to him by the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Wo Yee Hing Realty Corp. v. SternAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
- Garten v. Shearman & Sterling LLPAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
- Madtes v. Bovis Lend Lease LMB, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
- A&R Kalimian v. Breger, Gorin & LeuzziAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003
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