Williams v. Pretsch & Mainetti

— Mikoll, J.

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court at Special Term (Cholakis, J.), entered February 4, 1985 in Ulster County, which granted defendant Pretsch & Mainetti’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint against it.

Special Term granted summary judgment to defendant Pretsch & Mainetti, one of two law firms sued by plaintiff for malpractice. Pretsch & Mainetti secured a default judgment for plaintiff against a G. Thomas Rea, Jr., for $125,000. Rea then filed a bankruptcy petition in the United States Bankruptcy Court. Pretsch & Mainetti referred plaintiff to defendant…