Brion v. Moreira

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Donna M. Mills, J.), entered February 4, 2015, which, to the extent appealed from as limited by the briefs, denied defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint alleging legal malpractice, unanimously modified, on the law, to grant the motion to dismiss the claims of plaintiff Basonas Construction Corp., and otherwise affirmed, without costs.

The individual plaintiff (Michael) has adequately alleged a privity relationship between him and defendants, an attorney and his law firm, and the documentary evidence does not conclusively refute those allegations…