Legal Opinion
Winkler v. Messinger
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 27, 1989PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
— In an action to recover damages for legal malpractice, the plaintiff appeals, as limited by his brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Marbach, J.), dated December 29, 1986, as granted the defendants’ cross motion to dismiss the complaint.
Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
The Supreme Court acted properly in dismissing the plaintiff’s complaint, which sought to recover damages allegedly caused by the defendants’ legal malpractice. In the first instance, the complaint does not state a viable cause of action in legal…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Carmel v. LunneyNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
- Black v. ChittendenNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
- Lazzaro v. KellyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
- Claudio v. HellerNew York Supreme Court · 1983
- Boorman v. BleakleyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
3Cited by5 opinions
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- Schur v. PorterDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1989
- Doyle v. RuskinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996