Legal Opinion
Arnav Industries, Inc. Retirement Trust v. Brown
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 5, 2001PublishedCited by 100 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Smith, J.
The issue before this Court is whether a client has a cause of action for legal malpractice where that client signed a revised settlement stipulation without reading it, relying on its attorney’s misstatement that the stipulation was changed to cor*302rect only one typographical error. We conclude that the client has stated a cause of action for legal malpractice sufficient to survive a motion to dismiss.
Plaintiffs Arnav Industries Retirement Trust and Rochel Properties settled their claim against David Schick for unpaid loans. The settlement agreement required Schick…
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