Lefkowitz v. Schulte
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover damages for legal malpractice, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Bellantoni, J.), entered September 28, 1999, which granted the defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The Supreme Court properly granted the defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint. In contesting the defendant’s fee in a related proceeding in the Surrogate’s Court, the plaintiff, inter alia, asserted a counterclaim sounding in legal malpractice. By virtue of the Surrogate’s decree fixing the value of the…
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