Legal Opinion
Andrews Beverage Distributor, Inc. v. Stern
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 30, 1995PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover damages for legal malpractice, the plaintiffs appeal from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Kohn, J.), dated December 13, 1993, as, upon renewal, denied their motion for summary judgment and granted the defendant’s cross motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
In order to recover damages for legal malpractice, a plaintiff must not only prove that the attorney failed to exercise that degree of care, skill, and diligence commonly possessed and exercised by a member…
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