ESTATE OF ALBANESE v. LOLIO


923 A.2d 325 (2007)

393 N.J. Super. 355

ESTATE OF Patricia ALBANESE, Clara Heffernan, Individually and as Executrix of the Estate of Patricia Albanese, Anne Albanese and Judy Albanese, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. John R. LOLIO, Jr., Esq., Sherman, Silverstein, Kohl, Rose & Podolsky, P.A., Defendants-Respondents, and Michael De Lorey, C.F.P. and Prism Financial Group, Inc., Defendants.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided June 4, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert F. Gold, Red Bank, argued the cause for appellants (Gold, Albanese, Barletti & Velazquez, attorneys; Mr. Gold, of counsel; Christian Bruun, on the brief).

Elliott Abrutyn, Livingston, argued the cause for respondents (Morgan Melhuish Abrutyn, attorneys; Mr. Abrutyn, of counsel; Mr. Abrutyn and Shaji M. Eapen, on the brief).

Before Judges STERN, COLLESTER and SABATINO.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

STERN, P.J.A.D.

Plaintiffs, the executrix of her mother's estate, her co-beneficiary-sisters, and the estate itself, appeal from an order of March 4, 2005 granting summary judgment to defendants John Lolio and his law firm (hereinafter "defendants") in this legal malpractice case stemming from advice given to the executrix on how to pay federal estate taxes that resulted in large tax liability to each of the individual...

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