Lombardi v. Giannattasio

—In an action to recover damages for legal malpractice, the defendants appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (McCabe, J.), entered March 11, 1991, which denied their motion (a) for leave to amend their answer to assert the affirmative defenses of res judicata and collateral estoppel, and for summary judgment based on those defenses, or (b) for partial summary judgment dismissing the claims for damages set forth in subparagraphs 1 through 6 of paragraph 7 (b) of the plaintiffs supplemental bill of particulars dated June 28, 1990.

Ordered that the order is modified, on the…