GOLDFARB v. SCHWARTZ


26 A.D.3d 462 (2006)

811 N.Y.S.2d 414

IRENE GOLDFARB, Respondent, v. MARK S. SCHWARTZ, Appellant.

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

February 28, 2006.


Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, and the motion is granted.

The plaintiff and her young daughter were beneficiaries of the estate of the plaintiff's mother. The defendant, an attorney, was retained by the plaintiff's brother, as the executor of the estate, to probate the will and collect the assets of the estate. In November 2004 the plaintiff commenced this action to recover damages for breach of fiduciary duty, legal malpractice, and negligent...

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