Legal Opinion
Rice v. Heilbronner
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 16, 2000PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Order unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: Plaintiffs commenced this action to recover damages for legal malpractice based upon defendants’ alleged failure to commence a timely action for breach of contract against the Village of Mt. Morris after filing a notice of claim. Supreme Court properly granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the claims for all damages except those for fees for legal services. A cause of action for legal malpractice requires proof “that the defendants failed to exercise that degree of care, skill and diligence commonly possessed and…
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