10 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. 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"
  3. Howard Leder v. Marshall Spiegel

    2007 N.Y. Slip Op. 5588 (N.Y. 2007)   Cited 230 times
    Applying "but-for" causation to legal malpractice
  4. Bua v. Purcell & Ingrao, P.C.

    99 A.D.3d 843 (N.Y. App. Div. 2012)   Cited 120 times
    Barring lost profits claim where "plaintiff's contention that the alleged malpractice resulted in legally cognizable damages [was] conclusory and speculative inasmuch as it [was] premised on decisions that were within the sole discretion of the buyer"
  5. Zarin v. Reid Priest

    184 A.D.2d 385 (N.Y. App. Div. 1992)   Cited 142 times
    Holding that the plaintiff must prove that but for the legal malpractice in the underlying representation the unfavorable outcome would have been a favorable outcome
  6. Dweck Law Firm, L. L. P. v. Mann

    283 A.D.2d 292 (N.Y. App. Div. 2001)   Cited 99 times

    May 22, 2001. Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Sheila Abdus-Salaam, J.), entered September 21, 2000, which denied plaintiff's motion to dismiss defendant's counterclaim, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, the motion granted and the counterclaim dismissed. The Clerk is directed to enter judgment in favor of counterclaim defendant-appellant dismissing the counterclaim as against it. Steven Verveniotis, for defendant-appellant. Edward J. Reich, for plaintiff-respondent. Before: Nardelli

  7. Rock City Sound v. Bashian Farber

    74 A.D.3d 1168 (N.Y. App. Div. 2010)   Cited 43 times

    No. 2008-11146. June 22, 2010. In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for legal malpractice and violation of Judiciary Law § 487, the plaintiff appeals, as limited by its brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Dutchess County (Brands, J), dated October 24, 2008, as granted those branches of the defendants' motion which were to dismiss the first through fourth causes of action, and the defendants cross-appeal, as limited by their brief, from so much of the same order as denied

  8. Hyman v. Burgess

    125 A.D.3d 1213 (N.Y. App. Div. 2015)   Cited 14 times

    02-26-2015 Marita E. HYMAN, Appellant, v. Susan BURGESS, Respondent. Marita E. Hyman, West Edmeston, appellant pro se. Susan Burgess, Hamilton, Ohio, respondent pro se. DEVINE, J. Marita E. Hyman, West Edmeston, appellant pro se. Susan Burgess, Hamilton, Ohio, respondent pro se. Before: LAHTINEN, J.P., GARRY, ROSE and DEVINE, JJ. Opinion DEVINE, J. Appeals (1) from an order of the Supreme Court (Cerio Jr., J.), entered May 2, 2013 in Madison County, which, among other things, denied plaintiff's motion

  9. Antokol Coffin v. Myers

    30 A.D.3d 843 (N.Y. App. Div. 2006)   Cited 20 times

    97525. June 22, 2006. Appeals (1) from an order of the Supreme Court (Kramer, J.), entered April 30, 2004 in Schenectady County, which granted plaintiff's cross motion for summary judgment dismissing the counterclaim, and (2) from a judgment of said court, entered November 3, 2004 in Schenectady County, upon a verdict rendered in favor of plaintiff. Grasso, Rodriguez Grasso, Schenectady (Joseph J. Villano of counsel), for appellant. Roche, Corrigan, McCoy Bush, Albany (Scott W. Bush of counsel) and

  10. Stuart v. Folks

    106 A.D.3d 808 (N.Y. App. Div. 2013)   Cited 6 times

    2013-05-8 Stan STUART, appellant, v. ROBERT L. FOLKS & ASSOCIATES, LLP, et al., respondents. Genevieve Lane LoPresti, Islandia, N.Y., for appellant. Furman Kornfeld & Brennan, New York, N.Y. (A. Michael Furman and Evan W. Bolla of counsel), for respondents. WILLIAM F. MASTRO Genevieve Lane LoPresti, Islandia, N.Y., for appellant. Furman Kornfeld & Brennan, New York, N.Y. (A. Michael Furman and Evan W. Bolla of counsel), for respondents. WILLIAM F. MASTRO, J.P., CHERYL E. CHAMBERS, PLUMMER E. LOTT