Legal Opinion
Excelsior Capitol LLC v. K&L Gates LLP
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 12, 2016No. 778 158220/14PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Cynthia S. Kern, J.), entered September 11, 2015, which granted defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a cause of action, unanimously affirmed, with costs.
“An action for legal malpractice requires proof of three elements: (1) that the attorney was negligent; (2) that such negligence was a proximate cause of plaintiffs losses; and (3) proof of actual damages” (Global Bus. Inst. v Rivkin Radler LLP, 101 AD3d 651, 651 [1st Dept 2012] [citation omitted]). “[T]he failure to show proximate cause mandates the dismissal of a legal…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Derdiarian v. Felix Contracting Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1980
- Kriz v. SchumNew York Court of Appeals · 1989
- Zarin v. Reid & PriestAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
- Sherwood Group, Inc. v. Dornbush, Mensch, Mandelstam & SilvermanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
- Excelsior Capital, LLC v. Superior Broadcasting Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
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