46 Cited authorities

  1. McCoy v. Feinman

    99 N.Y.2d 295 (N.Y. 2002)   Cited 701 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Finding a stipulation of settlement is "generally binding on parties that have legal capacity to negotiate"
  2. Saratoga Cty. Chamber of Commerce v. Pataki

    100 N.Y.2d 801 (N.Y. 2003)   Cited 633 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that approval of Indian gaming compact by the governor usurped the power of the legislature and violated the state constitution and the separation of powers doctrine
  3. Shumsky v. Eisenstein

    96 N.Y.2d 164 (N.Y. 2001)   Cited 363 times
    Holding that the "legal malpractice cause of action against defendant accrued ... when the Statute of Limitations expired on the underlying breach of contract action"
  4. McDermott v. Torre

    56 N.Y.2d 399 (N.Y. 1982)   Cited 440 times
    Borrowing rationale from medical malpractice cases
  5. Williamson v. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

    2007 N.Y. Slip Op. 4719 (N.Y. 2007)   Cited 149 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Concluding that when auditor enters into engagement letter encompassing services only for a particular year, without contemplating further work as to that year, “the ‘mutual understanding’ required under the [continuous representation] doctrine d[oes] not exist”
  6. Borgia v. City of New York

    12 N.Y.2d 151 (N.Y. 1962)   Cited 421 times
    In Borgia, 12 N.Y.2d at 151, the Court of Appeals held that it would be "absurd to require a wronged patient to interrupt corrective efforts by serving a summons" on a physician or hospital.
  7. Glamm v. Allen

    57 N.Y.2d 87 (N.Y. 1982)   Cited 223 times
    In Glamm v. Allen, 57 N.Y.2d 87, 453 N.Y.S.2d 674, 439 N.E.2d 390 (1982), the court indicated that since it would be "impossible to envision a situation where commencing a malpractice suit would not affect the professional relationship, the rule of continuous representation tolls the running of the Statute of Limitations on the malpractice claim until the ongoing representation is completed."
  8. Gravel v. Cicola

    297 A.D.2d 620 (N.Y. App. Div. 2002)   Cited 114 times

    2001-07581 Argued March 18, 2002. September 10, 2002. In an action to recover damages for legal malpractice, the defendant appeals, as limited by his brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Pitts, J.), dated July 5, 2001, as denied that branch of his motion which was to dismiss the complaint as time-barred pursuant to CPLR 3211(a)(5). L'Abbate, Balkan, Colavita Contini, LLP, Garden City, N.Y. (Matthew K. Flanagan of counsel), for appellant. Jonathan B. Nelson, P.C.,

  9. Greene v. Greene

    56 N.Y.2d 86 (N.Y. 1982)   Cited 180 times
    Noting that there can be no ratification of an attorney's fee agreement unless the client "approved the acts of defendants with knowledge that she allegedly had a cause of action against them."
  10. Kupplungbau GmbH v. Lerner

    166 A.D.2d 505 (N.Y. App. Div. 1990)   Cited 90 times
    Holding that the continuous representation doctrine requires "continuing trust and confidence in the relationship between the parties" — that is, between the attorney and client