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WAGGONER v. CARUSO

No. 145 SSM 17.

14 N.Y.3d 874 (2010)

929 N.E.2d 396

903 N.Y.S.2d 333

J. VIRGIL WAGGONER et al., Appellants, v. KENNETH A. CARUSO et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided May 11, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lally Mahon & Rooney LLP, New York City ( James J. Mahon of counsel), for appellants.

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler, LLP, New York City ( Frederick B. Warder III and Rosanne E. Felicello of counsel), for Kenneth A. Caruso, respondent.

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, New York City ( E. Leo Milonas and David G. Keyko of counsel), respondent pro se.

Chief Judge LIPPMAN and Judges CIPARICK, GRAFFEO, READ, SMITH, PIGOTT and JONES concur in memorandum.

OPINION OF THE COURT

MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs, and the certified question not answered upon the ground that it is unnecessary.

The Appellate Division properly held that plaintiffs J. Virgil Waggoner and J.V.W. Investment Ltd. of Dominica did not state a claim for legal malpractice insofar as they failed to allege that, but for defendants' alleged malpractice, they would have successfully recovered...

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