Smira v. Roper, Barandes & Fertel, LLP

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Smira v. Roper, Barandes & Fertel, LLP

302 A.D.2d 305, 754 N.Y.S.2d 872, 2003 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 1703

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York·Decided February 25, 2003·Published·Cited by 2 cases

Opinion

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Alice Schlesinger, J.), entered April 25, 2002, which, in an action for legal malpractice, granted defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

The unappealed order recognizing defendants’ charging lien, entered in the underlying action in which defendants were discharged by plaintiff, bars plaintiffs claim of malpractice as a matter of law (Molinaro v Bedke, 281 AD2d 242; Siegel v Werner & Zaroff, 270 AD2d 119). Concur — Nardelli, J.P., Mazzarelli, Rosenberger, Ellerin and Gonzalez, JJ.

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Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Alice Schlesinger, J.), entered April 25, 2002, which, in an action for legal malpractice, granted defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

The unappealed order recognizing defendants’ charging lien, entered in the underlying action in which defendants were discharged by plaintiff, bars plaintiffs claim of malpractice as a matter of law (Molinaro v Bedke, 281 AD2d 242; Siegel v Werner & Zaroff, 270 AD2d 119). Concur — Nardelli, J.P., Mazzarelli, Rosenberger, Ellerin and Gonzalez, JJ.

Smira v. Roper, Barandes & Fertel, LLP, 302 A.D.2d 305, 754 N.Y.S.2d 872, 2003 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 1703 (N.Y. Ct. App. 2003).

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