Legal Opinion
Freeman v. Brecher
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 14, 2017No. 4930 152087/15PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Jeffrey K. Oing, J.), entered January 13, 2016, which granted defendants-respondents’ motions to dismiss the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Plaintiff’s claim for legal malpractice in connection with an underlying settlement fails to state a cause of action in the absence of allegations that the “settlement . . . was effectively compelled by the mistakes of [defendant] counsel” (Bernstein v Oppenheim & Co., 160 AD2d 428, 430 [1st Dept 1990]) or the result of fraud or coercion (see Beattie v Brown & Wood, 243 AD2d 395 [1st Dept 1997]).…
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