ALBEE ASSOCIATES v. ORLOFF, LOWENBACH, STIFELMAN & SIEGEL, P.A.


721 A.2d 750 (1999)

ALBEE ASSOCIATES, a Limited Partnership and GAC Enterprises, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ORLOFF, LOWENBACH, STIFELMAN AND SIEGEL, P.A., Defendant-Respondent.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided January 11, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dore R. Beinhaker, for plaintiffs-appellants (Mr. Beinhaker, on the brief).

Francis X. Crahay, Newark, for defendant-respondent (Tompkins, McGuire & Wachenfeld, attorneys; Robert Leonardo, Elizabeth, on the brief).

Before Judges BAIME, CONLEY and A.A. RODRIGUEZ.


The opinion of the court was delivered by CONLEY, J.A.D.

This legal malpractice action arises from defendant law firm's representation of plaintiffs in a federal district court civil fraud action that the law firm filed for plaintiffs. Along the way, it failed to timely file a complaint for non-dischargeability in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceeding filed by one of the defendants in the underlying suit, Aldo Medaglia. Default judgment in the amount of $1,545,120 has...

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