TORTORELLO v. CARLIN


286 A.D.2d 628 (2001)

730 N.Y.S.2d 228

MARGARET TORTORELLO, Appellant, v. LARRY M. CARLIN et al., Doing Business as CARLIN & NEWTON, ESQS., Respondents. (Action No. 1.) MARGARET TORTORELLO, Appellant, v. RICHARD TORTORELLO, Defendant. CARLIN & NEWTON, ESQS., Nonparty Respondent. (Action No. 2.)

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

Decided September 20, 2001.


In these now consolidated actions, in which plaintiff sues for legal malpractice and defendant attorneys sue plaintiff for attorneys' fees, summary judgment dismissing plaintiff's malpractice claims was granted on plaintiff's default and defendants obtained a judgment entitling them to attorneys' fees, also on plaintiff's default. Plaintiff's motion to vacate her defaults was properly denied in view of her failure to demonstrate...

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