Dempster v. Liotti
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Belen, J.
We are asked to consider whether an attorney who failed to oppose a motion to dismiss the complaint in an action underlying a legal malpractice action, and thereafter failed to file a timely notice of appeal from the order that granted the motion to dismiss, is entitled, under the facts of this case, to summary judgment dismissing the legal malpractice cause of action on the ground that such negligence did not proximately cause the dismissal of the underlying action. Here, we conclude that, since the underlying action was time-barred as a matter of law, the…
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