BISON CAPITAL CORP. v. HUNTON & WILLIAMS LLP

Index No. 153793/15. Appeal No. 12831. Case No. 2019-4659.

190 A.D.3d 452 (2021)

135 N.Y.S.3d 645

2021 NY Slip Op 00082

Bison Capital Corporation, Appellant, v. Hunton & Williams LLP, Respondent.

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

Decided January 7, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Press Koral LLP, New York ( Matthew J. Press of counsel), for appellant.

Sherman Wells Sylvester & Stamelman LLP, New York ( Anthony J. Sylvester of counsel), for respondent.

Concur—Renwick, J.P., Kern, Mazzarelli, Shulman, JJ.


In light of the basis for the court's ruling in the underlying action, plaintiff's allegations of malpractice all fall under either the attorney judgment rule or the case within a case doctrine (see Rosner v Paley, 65 N.Y.2d 736, 738 [1985]; Warshaw Burstein Cohen Schlesinger & Kuh, LLP v Longmire, 106 A.D.3d 536 [1st Dept 2013], lv denied 33 N.Y.3d 914 [2019], cert denied...

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