Masi v. Sivin

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Masi v. Sivin

69 A.D.3d 520, 894 N.Y.2d 386

CourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

DecidedJanuary 26, 2010

StatusPublished

This text of 69 A.D.3d 520 (Masi v. Sivin) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Masi v. Sivin, 69 A.D.3d 520, 894 N.Y.2d 386 (N.Y. Ct. App. 2010).

Pincite

Opinion

[521]*521The doctrine of collateral estoppel bars this malpractice action by plaintiff against the four attorneys who successively represented him in a federal diversity suit that was dismissed for plaintiff’s continuous and willful failure to comply with discovery orders, the district court having rejected his attempt to shift responsibility for the noncompliance to his attorneys (see Buechel v Bain, 97 NY2d 295, 303-304 [2001], cert denied 535 US 1096 [2002]). Concur—Tom, J.P., Saxe, Nardelli, Renwick and Freedman, JJ.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

[521]*521The doctrine of collateral estoppel bars this malpractice action by plaintiff against the four attorneys who successively represented him in a federal diversity suit that was dismissed for plaintiff’s continuous and willful failure to comply with discovery orders, the district court having rejected his attempt to shift responsibility for the noncompliance to his attorneys (see Buechel v Bain, 97 NY2d 295, 303-304 [2001], cert denied 535 US 1096 [2002]). Concur—Tom, J.P., Saxe, Nardelli, Renwick and Freedman, JJ.

Cite This Page — Counsel Stack

Bluebook (online)

69 A.D.3d 520, 894 N.Y.2d 386, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/masi-v-sivin-nyappdiv-2010.

Opinion

Related

Cite This Page — Counsel Stack