Ordered that the judgment is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
For the defendants in a legal malpractice case to succeed on a motion for summary judgment, they must present evidence in admissible form establishing that the plaintiff is unable to prove one of the three essential elements of a malpractice cause of action (see, Greene v Payne, Wood & Littlejohn,
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