Ofman v. Katz
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
In a legal malpractice action, a plaintiff must show that the defendant attorney “failed to exercise the ordinary reasonable *910skill and knowledge commonly possessed by a member of the legal profession” and that “the attorney’s breach of this professional duty caused the plaintiff’s actual damages” (McCoy v Feinman, 99 NY2d 295, 301-302 [2002] [internal quotation marks omitted]; see Rudolf v Shayne, Dachs, Stanisci, Corker & Sauer, 8 NY3d 438, 442 [2007]; Guayara v Harry I. Katz, P.C., 83 AD3d 661, 662 [2011]; Alizio v Feldman, 82 AD3d 804, 804 [2011]). When determining a motion to dismiss a…
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