Martini v. Leland

OPINION OF THE COURT

David B. Saxe, J.

An attorney, who was preliminarily consulted by the claimant here for the purpose of evaluating a litigation commenced against him, owes no duty to appear for that claimant at a court-mandated arbitration and hence is not responsible in damages for a default judgment taken where the attorney never appeared as the attorney of record in that litigation and where, she had, prior to the time the default was taken, terminated any attorney-client relationship that may have existed between them by means of a written communication expressing her intent not to…