Podszus v. Sussman

—In an action to recover damages for legal malpractice, the defendants appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Bellantoni, J.), entered December 21, 2000, which denied their motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the motion is granted, and the complaint is dismissed.

The plaintiff, William Podszus, a police officer, was aggrieved by a determination of the Commissioner of Public Safety, Bureau of Police, of the City of Mount Vernon, which, after a hearing, found him guilty of charges of…