Legal Opinion
Chai Properties Corp. v. Carb, Luria, Glassner, Cook & Kufeld
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 8, 2001PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Paula Omansky, J.), entered July 7, 2000, which, inter alia, granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
As the motion court held, under the particular circumstances of this case, the earlier default judgment entered against plaintiff in defendant law firm’s fee action should have collateral estoppel effect, as a matter of fairness (see, Lamontagne v Board of Trustees of United Wire, Metal & Mach. Pension Fund, 183 AD2d 424, 426, lv denied 80 NY2d 759), on the issue of legal malpractice…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Blair v. . BartlettNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
- Tantillo v. GiglioAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
- John Grace & Co. v. Tunstead, Schechter & TorreAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
- Kossover v. TrattlerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1981
- Lamontagne v. Board of Trustees of the United Wire, Metal & Machine Pension FundAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
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