Valley Ventures, LLC v. Haspel
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for legal malpractice, the defendants appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Orange County (Bartlett, J.), dated February 7, 2012, which denied their motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, and the defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint is granted.
“In an action to recover damages for legal malpractice, a *956plaintiff must demonstrate that the attorney failed to exercise the ordinary reasonable skill and knowledge commonly possessed by a member of the…
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