The motion court properly found that plaintiff had made out a prima facie case of legal malpractice on the part of appellants. The evidence demonstrated that two months after the Appellate Division, Second Department had rendered a determination limiting the decedent's personal liability in the underlying action to $16,000 (see, Hillcrest Realty Co. v Gottlieb,
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