Legal Opinion
Lusk v. Weinstein
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 7, 2011PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Marylin G. Diamond, J.), entered September 23, 2010, which, insofar as appealed from, granted defendant Parker’s motion to dismiss the complaint against her, unanimously affirmed, with costs.
Plaintiff was a party to the underlying matrimonial action in which she retained defendant Parker to represent her.
The court properly found that a charging hen entered in the underlying action against plaintiff barred her from thereafter asserting a claim for legal malpractice (see Judiciary Law § 475; Wallach v Unger & Stutman, LLP, 48 AD3d 360 [2008]). While it is…
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