MARTIN v. PASTERNACK


259 A.D.2d 526 (1999)

686 N.Y.S.2d 475

JEANIE MARTIN, Respondent, v. PASTERNACK, POPISH & REIFF, P. C., Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

Decided March 8, 1999.


Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the motion is granted, and the complaint is dismissed.

In order to hold a defendant liable in a legal malpractice action, the plaintiff must show that she would have prevailed in the underlying matter if the defendant had exercised reasonable care (see, Raphael v Clune, White & Nelson, 201 A.D.2d 549, 550; Flinn...

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