The motion court properly determined that the third-party complaint, alleging, inter alia, that third-party defendant attorneys directed the legal handling of matters in which thirdparty plaintiff law firm represented defendant, and, accordingly, shared responsibility for any loss defendant may have incurred in those matters by reason of legal malpractice, sufficiently stated a cause of action for contribution (see, Schauer v Joyce,
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