WEST VILLAGE ASSOCIATES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP v. BALBER PICKARD BATTISTONI MALDONADO & VER DAN TUIN


49 A.D.3d 270 (2008)

854 N.Y.S.2d 340

WEST VILLAGE ASSOCIATES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, Also Known as WEST VILLAGE ASSOCIATION and WEST VILLAGE HOUSES, et al., Appellants, v. BALBER PICKARD BATTISTONI MALDONADO & VER DAN TUIN, PC, et al., Respondents.

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

Decided March 4, 2008.


A legal malpractice claim accrues when the malpractice is committed (Glamm v Allen, 57 N.Y.2d 87, 93 [1982]), not when the client discovers it. Under the "continuous representation" doctrine, however, a client cannot reasonably be expected to assess the quality of the professional service while it is still in progress (see Greene v Greene, 56 N.Y.2d 86, 94-95 [1982]). The doctrine is "generally...

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