Reibman v. Senie
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Marilyn Shafer, J.), entered on or about January 15, 2002, which, to the extent appealed from, denied that branch of defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing plaintiffs legal malpractice cause of action, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, and the motion granted. The Clerk is directed to enter judgment in favor of defendants, dismissing the complaint.
It is settled that an action for legal malpractice requires proof of three elements: the negligence of the attorney; that the negligence was the proximate cause of the loss sustained;…
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