Richmond Square Capital Corp. v. Mittleman

OPINION

We consider here whether documents memorializing a settlement of a dispute between a lender and a guarantor over a mortgage-loan default should have been admitted into evidence during a jury trial on the lender’s damage claim against its lawyers for alleged legal malpractice in connection with the making of the loan. The defendants, Richard Mittleman (Mit-tleman) and the law firm of Cameron & Mittleman (collectively, defendants or the lawyers), appeal from a damages judgment after a jury found them hable to their client, lender Richmond Square Capital Corporation (Richmond Square), for…