Martin v. Pasternack, Popish & Reiff

In an action to recover damages for legal malpractice, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Milano, J.), dated February 27, 1998, which denied its motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

*527Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the motion is granted, and the complaint is dismissed.

In order to hold a defendant liable in a legal malpractice action, the plaintiff must show that she would have prevailed in the underlying matter if the defendant had exercised reasonable care (see, Raphael v Clune, White & Nelson, 201 AD2d 549,…