Home Insurance v. Liebman, Adolf & Charme

—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Emily Goodman, J.), entered on or about December 12, 1997, which denied defendants’ motion pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (1) and (7) to dismiss the complaint, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

Plaintiff in this legal malpractice action alleges that defendant failed to conduct appropriate discovery in the underlying action with respect to the determinative issue in the case and failed to comply with court ordered discovery deadlines, thereby subjecting plaintiff Home’s insured to potential preclusion of the only expert testimony it had, causing the insured to…