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Agate v. Herrick

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Dec 18, 2008
57 A.D.3d 341 (N.Y. App. Div. 2008)

Opinion

December 18, 2008.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Louis B. York, J.), entered September 11, 2006, which, in an action for legal malpractice arising out of defendants' joint representation of

Before: Tom, J.P., Friedman, Buckley and Catterson, JJ.


plaintiff and another client (Edward A. Kaminsky) in a dispute involving their purchase of securities that was resolved by arbitration, granted defendants' motion for summary judgment dismissing the amended complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.


We affirm for reasons stated in Kaminsky v Herrick, Feinstein LLP ( 59 AD3d 1 [decided herewith]), namely, the failure to demonstrate any legal basis upon which a trier of fact might find that the alleged omission of defendants to present further expert testimony concerning plaintiffs' damages would have resulted in a higher award by the arbitration panel. Thus, since plaintiff cannot establish that, but for the alleged negligence of his attorneys, the outcome of the underlying matter would have been substantially different ( see AmBase Corp. v Davis Polk Wardwell, 8 NY3d 428, 434; N.A. Kerson Co. v Shayne, Dachs, Weiss, Kolbrenner, Levy Levine, 45 NY2d 730, 732), his cause of action is deficient, and dismissal is required ( Katash v Richard Kranis, P.C., 229 AD2d 305, 306, lv dismissed 89 NY2d 981).

[ See 2006 NY Slip Op 30127(U).]


Summaries of

Agate v. Herrick

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Dec 18, 2008
57 A.D.3d 341 (N.Y. App. Div. 2008)
Case details for

Agate v. Herrick

Case Details

Full title:JAMES AGATE, Appellant, v. HERRICK, FEINSTEIN LLP Respondent, et al.…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department

Date published: Dec 18, 2008

Citations

57 A.D.3d 341 (N.Y. App. Div. 2008)
870 N.Y.S.2d 250

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