JAKES-JOHNSON v. GOTTLIEB

976 CA 21-00287.

200 A.D.3d 1679 (2021)

161 N.Y.S.3d 585

2021 NY Slip Op 07403

Philip Jakes-Johnson et al., Respondents, v. Robert C. Gottlieb, Esq., et al., Appellants.

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

Decided December 23, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

TRAUB LIEBERMAN STRAUS & SHREWSBERRY LLP, HAWTHORNE ( J. PATRICK CARLEY, III , OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS.

THE REHFUSS LAW FIRM, P.C., LATHAM ( STEPHEN J. REHFUSS OF COUNSEL), FOR PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS.

Present—Whalen, P.J., Smith, Lindley, Curran and DeJoseph, JJ.


It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from is unanimously modified on the law by granting the motion in part and dismissing the second through seventh causes of action in the amended complaint, and as modified, the order is affirmed without costs.

Memorandum: Plaintiffs commenced this action to recover monetary damages, alleging that defendants overcharged for legal services provided to plaintiff Benjamin Jakes-Johnson for their representation of him in...

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