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ATTONITO v. LA MIRAGE OF SOUTHAMPTON, INC.

276 A.D.2d 454 (2000)

713 N.Y.S.2d 883

JOSEPH R. ATTONITO, Respondent, v. LA MIRAGE OF SOUTHAMPTON, INC., et al., Appellants.

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

Decided October 2, 2000.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

To recover damages for legal malpractice, it must be established that the attorney failed to exercise that degree of care, skill, and diligence commonly possessed and exercised by members of the legal community, that the attorney's negligence was a proximate cause of the loss sustained by his client, and that the client incurred damages as a direct result of the attorney's actions (see, Won Ten Hwang v Bierman,

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