Legal Opinion

Kupplungbau GmbH v. Lerner

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided October 9, 1990PublishedCited by 56 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

In an action to recover damages for professional malpractice and breach of contract, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Collins, J.), dated November 21, 1988, which denied his motion to dismiss the complaint.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The plaintiff, a West German corporation which manufactures automobile clutches, retained the defendant, a patent attorney, to prepare, file and prosecute a United States patent application for a friction clutch. The plaintiff had already filed a West German patent application for the friction clutch, *506whic…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. McDermott v. TorreNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
  2. Borgia v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1962
  3. Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Enco Associates, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1977
  4. Greene v. GreeneNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
  5. Baratta v. KozlowskiAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983

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3Cited by56 opinions

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  4. Kennedy v. FischerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
  5. Gravel v. CicolaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002

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