Legal Opinion
Meralla v. Goldenberg
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 29, 2011PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*646Plaintiff seeks to recover for successive acts of legal malpractice allegedly committed by defendant Goldenberg, who represented him at a criminal trial at which he was convicted of murder in the second degree, and by the Legal Aid defendants, who delayed in successfully prosecuting the appeal of his conviction (see People v Meralla, 228 AD2d 160 [1996], lv denied 88 NY2d 989 [1996] [reversing plaintiffs conviction on the grounds of ineffective assistance of counsel]). Goldenberg seeks contribution from the Legal Aid defendants for the portion of plaintiffs imprisonment allegedly attributable…
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