MARZARIO v. SNITOW KANFER HOLZER & MILLUS, LLP

10573. 152742/17.

178 A.D.3d 527 (2019)

2019 NY Slip Op 08953

Paul Marzario et al., Appellants, v. Snitow Kanfer Holzer & Millus, LLP, et al., Respondents.

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

Decided December 12, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles A. Termini , Oceanside, for appellant.

Rivkin Radler LLP, Uniondale ( Merril S. Biscone of counsel), for Snitow Kanfer Holtzer & Millus, LLP, respondent.

Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP, New York ( Richard W. Boone, Jr. of counsel), for Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, P.C. and Paul F. Millus, respondents.

Concur—Richter, J.P., Manzanet-Daniels, Webber, Gesmer, JJ.


An action to recover damages arising from an attorney's malpractice must be commenced within three years of accrual (McCoy v Feinman, 99 N.Y.2d 295, 301 [2002], citing CPLR 214[6]), and the claim accrues when the malpractice is committed (Shumsky v Eisenstein, 96 N.Y.2d 164, 166 [2001]).

Here, the acts of alleged malpractice are errors in drafting the underlying complaint, failure...

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