CARNEGIE ASSOC. LTD. v. LERNER, ARNOLD & WINSTON

1748N, 156680/12.

142 A.D.3d 890 (2016)

38 N.Y.S.3d 142

CARNEGIE ASSOCIATES LTD. et al., Appellants, v. LERNER, ARNOLD & WINSTON, et al., Respondents. (And a Third-Party Action.)

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

Decided September 27, 2016.


This is a legal malpractice action to recover as damages the attorneys' fees incurred in prosecuting the appeal in a prior lawsuit alleging damages caused by defendants' discovery violations. While we agree with the motion court that the testimony of plaintiffs' attorneys, who had represented plaintiffs on the prior appeal, was necessary and that defendants did not engage in undue tactical delay in seeking disqualification on that ground, we find that defendants failed to...

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