Legal Opinion
Siegel v. Werner & Zaroff, P. C.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 16, 2000PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Diane Lebedeff, J.), entered January 22, 1999, which, in an action for legal malpractice, granted defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint on the ground of res judicata, unanimously affirmed, with costs.
Plaintiff retained defendants to prosecute a personal injury action during the course of which she discharged them, allegedly because their handling of the case was neglectful and incompetent. New counsel settled the action, creating proceeds against which defendants asserted a charging lien. Plaintiff made a motion in the personal injury action to…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- Siegel v. Ocean Park Housing Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
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