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Mid-Hudson Valley Fed. Credit Union v. Quartararo & Lois, PLLC

Court of Appeals of New York
Jun 7, 2018
2018 N.Y. Slip Op. 4034 (N.Y. 2018)

Opinion

No. 108 SSM 9

06-07-2018

MID–HUDSON VALLEY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, Appellant, v. QUARTARARO & LOIS, PLLC et al., Respondents.

Luibrand Law Firm, PLLC, Latham (Kevin A. Luibrand of counsel), for appellant. Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP, Hawthorne (Hillary J. Raimondi of counsel), for respondents.


Luibrand Law Firm, PLLC, Latham (Kevin A. Luibrand of counsel), for appellant.

Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP, Hawthorne (Hillary J. Raimondi of counsel), for respondents.

OPINION OF THE COURT

On review of submissions pursuant to section 500.11 of the Rules, order insofar as appealed from affirmed, with costs. The Appellate Division properly concluded that plaintiff Mid–Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union did not state a claim for legal malpractice against defendants Paul Quartararo and Quartararo & Lois, PLLC insofar as the amended complaint failed to allege facts "sufficiently particular to give the court and [defendants] notice of the transactions, occurrences, or series of transactions or occurrences, intended to be proved" ( CPLR 3013 ).

Chief Judge DiFiore and Judges Rivera, Stein, Fahey, Garcia, Wilson and Feinman concur.


Summaries of

Mid-Hudson Valley Fed. Credit Union v. Quartararo & Lois, PLLC

Court of Appeals of New York
Jun 7, 2018
2018 N.Y. Slip Op. 4034 (N.Y. 2018)
Case details for

Mid-Hudson Valley Fed. Credit Union v. Quartararo & Lois, PLLC

Case Details

Full title:Mid-Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union, Appellant, v. Quartararo & Lois…

Court:Court of Appeals of New York

Date published: Jun 7, 2018

Citations

2018 N.Y. Slip Op. 4034 (N.Y. 2018)
31 N.Y.3d 1090
78 N.Y.S.3d 703
103 N.E.3d 774

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