Legal Opinion
Pittelli v. Schulman
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 9, 1987PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover damages for legal malpractice, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Baisley, J.), dated January 7, 1986, which denied his motion to dismiss the complaint.
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, and the complaint is dismissed.
The defendant, an attorney, was retained by the plaintiffs Ben and Ursula Pittelli in June 1962 to effectuate the adoption of the then infant Frank Pittelli. An order of adoption was not signed by Surrogate Signorelli until April 26, 1985. The plaintiffs commenced this action by service of a…
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