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DIAMOND v. SOKOL

No. 05 Civ. 4993(GEL).

468 F.Supp.2d 626 (2006)

Rachel DIAMOND, Plaintiff, v. David J. SOKOL; Dr, David J. Sokol, Attorneys at Law; Marc R. Leffler, and Leffler & Kates, LLP, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

December 27, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack A. Gordon and Brett G. Canna, Kent, Beatty & Gordon, LLP, New York, NY, for Plaintiff.

A. Michael Furman and Andrew R. Jones, Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan, LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants David J. Sokol and Dr. David J. Sokol, Attorneys at Law.

William T. McCaffery, L'Abbate, Balkan, Colavita & Contini, L.L.P., Garden City, NY, for Defendants Marc R. Leffler and Leffler & Kates, LLP.

OPINION AND ORDER

LYNCH, District Judge.

Plaintiff Rachel Diamond sued her dentist in state court for malpractice after a botched tooth extraction and prevailed, winning a verdict for $260,000 for pain and suffering. In this diversity case, she accuses two successive lawyers who represented her in that matter of legal malpractice and breach of contract, seeking $3 million for lost earnings and medical expense damages she alleges she would have won but for...

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