SMITH v. MORRIS & MANNING

No. 85 Civ. 2106 (JFK).

647 F.Supp. 101 (1986)

Harvey M. SMITH, Plaintiff, v. MORRIS & MANNING, A Co-Partnership, Nicholas Sears and James Altenbach, Defendants.

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

November 10, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dweck & Sladkus, New York City (Michael H. Aranoff, Jack S. Dweck, of counsel), for plaintiff.

L'Abbate & Balkan, Garden City, N.Y. (Anthony P. Colavita, Robert A. Rosenfeld, of counsel), for defendant Morris, Manning & Martin.


MEMORANDUM OPINION and ORDER

KEENAN, District Judge:

This is a legal malpractice action brought by a New York resident against a Georgia partnership engaging in the practice of law and two persons associated with the firm individually. Jurisdiction is predicated on the diversity of citizenship of the parties. The defendant partnership now moves the Court for an order pursuant to Fed.R. Civ.P. 12(b)(2) dismissing the complaint against it for lack of personal...

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