Legal Opinion
Harley v. Hawkins
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 26, 2001PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for legal malpractice, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Pincus, J.), dated November 3, 1999, which, inter alia, granted the defendant’s cross motion to dismiss the complaint as barred by the doctrine of res judicata.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
In June 1998 the plaintiff brought an action against the defendant to recover damages for legal malpractice and negligence that allegedly occurred between September 1994 and January 1995. This Court affirmed the dismissal of that complaint as…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Smith v. Russell Sage CollegeNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
- DeSanto Construction Corp. v. Royal Insurance of AmericaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
- New York State Dormitory Authority v. Board of Trustees of the Hyde Park Fire & Water DistrictAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
- Harley v. HawkinsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
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