Rosenthal v. Colonna

This is an action sounding in tort by a pro se plaintiff against an attorney based upon a claim of malpractice in allegedly failing to prosecute her cause of action for property damage arising out of a motor vehicle accident on June 20, 1989.

The plaintiff appears to have been the owner of the motor vehicle and a passenger in the vehicle which was operated by her brother-in-law at the time of the accident. The brother-in-law retained the defendant attorney in regard to his claim for personal injuries. The plaintiff had accompanied the brother-in-law to the office of the defendant and sought to…