Legal Opinion

Iocovello v. Weingrad & Weingrad

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided February 19, 2004PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Edward Lehner, J.), entered April 4, 2003, which denied plaintiffs’ motion to vacate the default judgment entered on defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Plaintiffs have failed to demonstrate a meritorious cause of action for legal malpractice (Tortorello v Carlin, 286 AD2d 628 [2001]), there being insufficient evidence that “but for” defendants’ alleged negligence in not submitting certain attendance records at the trial of the underlying action, plaintiffs would have achieved a more…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Dweck Law Firm, L. L. P. v. MannAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
  2. Wexler v. Shea & GouldAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
  3. Tortorello v. CarlinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Bua v. Purcell & Ingrao, P.C.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
  2. Rodriguez v. Lipsig, Shapey, Manus & Moverman, P.C.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
  3. Noone v. StieglitzAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
  4. Healy v. Finz & Finz, P.C.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
  5. Bua v. Purcell & Ingrao, P.C.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012

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