Legal Opinion
Block v. Brecher, Fishman, Feit, Heller, Rubin & Tannenbaum
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 14, 2003PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Diane Lebedeff, J.), entered July 13, 2001, which denied defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, and the motion granted. The Clerk is directed to enter judgment in favor of defendant dismissing the complaint.
Defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint should have been granted because plaintiff failed to establish that the firm had a duty to bring a personal injury action or, on behalf of decedent’s estate, an action for wrongful death or a claim for workers’ compensation death benefits, and thus…
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