LEVY v. LAING


43 A.D.3d 713 (2007)

843 N.Y.S.2d 542

JOHN CORCOS LEVY, Appellant, v. JEFFREY LAING, Respondent.

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

Decided September 18, 2007.


In 1986, defendant Jeffrey Laing retained plaintiff John Corcos Levy, Esq., for a one-third contingency fee, to prosecute a legal malpractice action against the law firm of Bushin & Rosman (B & R) for B & R's alleged negligence in an underlying personal injury action. In 1989, an order granting B & R's motion for summary judgment dismissing the legal malpractice action was reversed by this Court (

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