Legal Opinion
Daniels v. Lebit
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 4, 2002PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for legal malpractice, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Oshrin, J.), dated August 14, 2001, which granted the defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (5).
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The Supreme Court properly determined that upon the execution of a consent to change attorney form on November 10, 1997, the defendants ceased to represent the plaintiff (see Wester v Sussman, 287 AD2d 618; Elliott v Jacobs, 221 AD2d 889). The continuous representation doctrine…
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