A New York appellate court upheld the dismissal of a worker’s malpractice claim against her former attorney, finding that she had failed to establish a triable dispute over whether the attorney had failed to adequately represent her interests.
Case: Murray v. Lipman, No. 745 CA 18-00069, 06/15/2018, published.
Facts and procedural history: Julie Murray hired attorney Howard Lipman to represent her in a workers’ compensation claim. She later filed a malpractice suit against him and Fine, Olin & Anderman, Lipman's firm.
The defendants moved for summary judgment dismissing ...
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