LEE v. LEIFER

Index No. 159786/20. Appeal No. 16471. Case No. 2021-03930.

209 A.D.3d 531 (2022)

176 N.Y.S.3d 53

2022 NY Slip Op 05793

Andy Lee, Respondent, v. Max D. Leifer et al., Appellants.

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

Decided October 18, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Traub Lieberman Straus Shrewsberry LLP, Hawthorne ( Lisa L. Shrewsberry of counsel), for appellants.

Felicello Law P.C., New York ( Michael James Maloney of counsel), for respondent.

Concur—Acosta, P.J., Renwick, Webber, Singh, Moulton, JJ.


Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Shawn T. Kelly, J.), entered October 28, 2021, which denied defendants' motion to dismiss plaintiff's legal malpractice complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The Leifer defendants (Leifer) represented Lee in a lawsuit against him, which arose out of Lee's ownership of a restaurant. Lee alleges that Leifer erroneously informed him that the damages sought were limited to an agreed-upon purchase price, although the plaintiff...

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