Financial Services Vehicle Trust v. Saad
Mar 09, 2016OUTCOME: Summary judgment for defendant affirmed.
Summary judgment awarded to clients where alleged malpractice was not the proximate cause of the third-party plaintiff's alleged damages
Garden City, NY
Ethics and professional responsibility Lawyer at Garden City, NY
Practice Areas: Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Litigation ... +2 more
OUTCOME: Summary judgment for defendant affirmed.
Summary judgment awarded to clients where alleged malpractice was not the proximate cause of the third-party plaintiff's alleged damages
OUTCOME: Reversal
Successful reversal of Surrogate's Court Order that imposed liability upon client.
OUTCOME: Summary judgment for defendant affirmed.
Summary judgment affirmed by Appellate Division where defendants established that plaintiff would not have prevailed on her underlying personal injury claim but for the alleged negligence of the defend ... ants.
OUTCOME: Summary Judgment
Dismisal of legal malpractice action based upon, inter alia, collateral estoppel defense.
OUTCOME: Dismissed
Legal malpractice claim dismissed based upon expiration of statute of limitations.
OUTCOME: Dismissed
Legal malpractice action dismissed based upon proximate cause defense.
OUTCOME: Dismissed
Dismissed on statute of limitations grounds.
OUTCOME: Dismissed
Dismissal of legal malpractice action upheld on appeal where it was demonstrated that plaintiffs could not establish necessary elements of action.
OUTCOME: Dismissed
Dismissal of legal malpractice action on appeal based upon plaintiffs' inability to demonstrate that defendants' representation was the proximate cause of plaintiffs' alleged damages.
OUTCOME: Dismissed
Plaintiff's effort to restore underlying action denied, resulting in discontinuance of legal malpractice action.