Mamorella v. Derkasch
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Pigott, Jr., P. J.
On this appeal, plaintiff urges our Court to reject as against public policy the well-established rule that an attorney who performs services for and on behalf of a union may not be held liable in malpractice to individual union members where the services at issue constitute a part of the collective bargaining process (see, Frontier Pilots Litig. Steering Comm. v Cohen, Weiss & Simon, 227 AD2d 130, 131; Peterson v Kennedy, 771 F2d 1244, 1256, cert denied 475 US 1122). We decline to do so.
The relevant facts are not in dispute. Plaintiff, Lucille Mamorella,…
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