Baghdady v. Lubin & Meyer, P.C.

On September 16, 1994, the plaintiff brought a legal malpractice claim against the defendants arising out of the defendants’ undisputed failed representation of the plaintiff in the prior prosecution (“the prior action”) of the plaintiff’s Federal securities claims against Prudential-Bache Securities, Inc., and Alan Sachs (“the underlying claims”).2

*317On January 25, 1999, at the conclusion of a fourteen-day trial, the jury, responding to special verdict questions,3 concluded that while the defendants negligently represented the plaintiff in the prior action, that negligence was not a substantial…