Bass & Ullman v. Chanes

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Eugene L. Nardelli, J.), entered April 11, 1991, to the extent it granted the Bass & Ullman defendants’ cross-motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously reversed, on the law, with costs and disbursements, and said cross-motion denied.

In this legal malpractice action, based on a law firm’s alleged negligent review and approval of advertising copy in connection with the clients’ mail order business, the IAS Court found that the claims were time-barred, the action having been commenced on April 23, 1987, more than three years (see,…