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ARNAV RETIREMENT v. BROWN

96 N.Y.2d 300 (2001)

751 N.E.2d 936

727 N.Y.S.2d 688

ARNAV INDUSTRIES, INC. RETIREMENT TRUST et al., Appellants, v. BROWN, RAYSMAN, MILLSTEIN, FELDER & STEINER, L. L. P., Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided June 5, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Gerry E. Feinberg, P. C., White Plains (Gerry E. Feinberg, Rhonda Taylor Regan and Moshe Katlowitz of counsel), for appellants.

Jones Hirsch Connors & Bull, P. C., New York City (Alan M. Gelb, Peter T. Shapiro and Ilene Freier of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge KAYE and Judges LEVINE, CIPARICK, WESLEY, ROSENBLATT and GRAFFEO concur.

OPINION OF THE COURT

SMITH, J.

The issue before this Court is whether a client has a cause of action for legal malpractice where that client signed a revised settlement stipulation without reading it, relying on its attorney's misstatement that the stipulation was changed to correct only one typographical error. We conclude that the client has stated a cause of action for legal malpractice sufficient to survive...

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