JACKSON v. MILLS


269 A.D.2d 200 (2000)

703 N.Y.S.2d 95

JEARLEAN JACKSON, Appellant, v. STANLEY MILLS et al., Defendants, and MARTIN DRUYAN & ASSOCIATES et al., Respondents.

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

Decided February 10, 2000.


Issues of fact exist as to whether defendants W&L and Goldhirsch, who were trial counsel in the wrongful death action, knew of the Surrogate Court order, issued before their retainer, awarding limited letters of administration to the decedent's mother, as guardian of the property of the decedent's child, upon clear and convincing evidence that the decedent had openly and notoriously acknowledged the child as his own in accordance...

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