We discussed Zabit v Brandometry, LLC 2026 NY Slip Op 31752(U) April 16, 2026Supreme Court, New York County Docket Number: Index No. 656563/2021Judge: Emily Morales-Minerva on Monday. Here is the balance of the decision.“In this action, as undisputed at oral
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In This Cases Between A Member and A Law Firm, the Member Loses
A very familiar situation in legal malpractice is where one member of an LLC sues the law firm over its representation of the LLC to the member’s detriment. Often the law firm has been hired solely by the LLC and…
Fraudulent Schemes to Take Title to Property, Legal Malpractice and Academic Appeals
The main lesson of Bruce v Solny 2026 NY Slip Op 02815 May 6, 2026 Appellate Division, Second Department is that an amended complaint renders the initial complaint “superseded” and no longer may be appealed. Amendment of the complaint occurs…
Failure to Notify of Settlement Offers and Callous Disregard of the Probability of An Excess Verdict and Legal Malpractice
Stumacher v Medical Liab. Mut. Ins. Co. 2026 NY Slip Op 02734 April 30, 2026 Appellate Division, First Department tells the story of a med malpractice defense which did not end well for the doctor. “Order, Supreme Court, New York…
Counterclaims or Plenary Action?
Berry v Batash 2026 NY Slip Op 01755 Decided on March 25, 2026 Appellate Division, Second Department deals with the question of whether certain claims, Judiciary Law 487 amoungst them, had to be brought as counterclaims, or could they be…
Advocacy Or Deceit?
On a fairly simple factual level, Dewald v Dewald 2026 NY Slip Op 31523(U)April 10, 2026 Supreme Court, New York County Docket Number: Index No. 161582/2025 Judge: Phaedra F. Perry-Bond discusses the dividing line between advocacy and deceit, and what…
Is This The Most Hallucinatory of All Legal Malpractice Cases?
There has been a lot of back and forth about AI mistakes in case citation, and overly unreasonable reliance on AI in guiding legal arguments. We think that Kleyman Law Group, P.C. v Kaloidis 2026 NY Slip Op 31557(U) April…
Contribution, Indemnity, Successor Counsel and Legal Malpractice
In an unusually detailed and explanatory decision, Judge Hasa A. Kingo dissects the question of successor liablity in a legal malpractice setting, contribution and indemnity between predecessor and successor counsel and legal malpractice. The case is 99th Ave. Holdings, LLC…
Some of the Common Phrases Invoked in Attorney-Client Privilege Disputes
The First Department determined this discovery dispute concerning whether attorney-client communications were privileged or waived in Prospect Capital Corp. v Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, 2026 NY Slip Op 02220, April 14, 2026.“In this legal malpractice case, Supreme Court…
What Is A View Worth In A Manhattan Apartment?
A close reading of Halperin v Van Dam 2026 NY Slip Op 02333 April 16, 2026 Appellate Division, First Department implies that (counterintuitiviely) it is not worth that much.“This case arises from plaintiffs’ purchase of an apartment located on the…