Facie Libre Associates I, L.L.C. v. Littman Krooks, L.L.P.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Joan M. Kenney, J.), entered September 11, 2013, which granted defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint, unanimously modified, on the law, to deny the motion as to the legal malpractice cause of action, and otherwise affirmed, without costs.
The legal malpractice cause of action should not be dismissed because it cannot be concluded as a matter of law from the allegations in the complaint that defendant had no duty to monitor the transaction at issue for plaintiffs, including requesting copies of and ascertaining the status of documents required by the…
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