GAUTAM v. DE LUCA


215 N.J. Super. 388 (1987)

521 A.2d 1343

URMILA GAUTAM AND NARINDER GAUTAM, PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS, v. SAMUEL R. DE LUCA, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT, AND DOMINICK P. CONTE, DEFENDANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided March 2, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nino F. Falcone, attorney for appellant Samuel R. De Luca (Donald R. Venezia and Nino F. Falcone, on the brief).

Marinari & Farkas, attorneys for respondents Urmila and Narinder Gautam (Robert A. Farkas, on the brief).

Before Judges PRESSLER, BAIME and ASHBEY.


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

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court, Law Division, awarding both plaintiffs compensatory and punitive damages based upon the alleged legal malpractice of defendant Samuel De Luca and his associate Dominick Conte. The predicate for plaintiffs' claim was that their former attorneys had negligently represented them in a prior medical malpractice case resulting in the dismissal of their complaint...

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