Reed v. Finkelstein, Levine, Gittlesohn & Tetenbaum

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Alice Schlesinger, J.), entered April 29, 2002, which, in an action for legal malpractice based on an allegedly incompetent application for leave to serve a late notice of claim in an underlying medical malpractice action, denied defendant-appellant referring law firm’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint as against it, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The motion was properly denied on the ground that an issue of fact exists as to the nature and extent of appellants’ responsibilities in the underlying action. Appellants’ reliance on…