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LEFF v. FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI, L.L.P.

3637, 3637A, 117424/06, 3637B.

78 A.D.3d 531 (2010)

911 N.Y.S.2d 320

JEANNE SORENSEN LEFF, Appellant, v. FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI, L.L.P., et al. Respondents.

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

Decided November 18, 2010.

In New York it is well established that absent fraud, collusion, malicious acts or similar circumstances, the draftsperson of a will or codicil is not liable to the beneficiaries or other third parties not in privity who might be harmed by his or her professional negligence (see Mali v De Forest & Duer, 160 A.D.2d 297 [1990], lv denied 76 N.Y.2d 710 [1990]). Defendants demonstrated that while they represented...

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