Legal Malpractice & Attorney Discipline Opinions

Below is a legal malpractice Appellate Court opinion issued in July 2009:

AC28503 - Lee v. Harlow, Adams & Friedman, P.C. (“Before us is a case in which the mortgagee that foreclosed the interest in certain Greenwich real estate of the plaintiff…did not honor the agreement it had made, as a part of a foreclosure judgment against Lee, to convey a valuable condominium to him but, instead, sold the condominium to another. Following the breach by the mortgagee, Lee brought an action against his former attorneys, the defendants…sounding in legal malpractice for their alleged failure to record a copy of the foreclosure judgment on the land records. The court…acting on a motion of the defendants, dismissed the action for lack of ripeness because damages were purely hypothetical due to the possibility that Lee could collect a judgment in another pending lawsuit involving the mortgagee and its principals, who had breached the agreement in the foreclosure action.”)

Below is a legal malpractice and attorney discipline Appellate Court opinion issued in June 2009:

AC29584 - Rosenblit v. Laschever (“The defendant…appeals from the judgment of the trial court rendered following its granting of the motion for judgment filed by the substitute plaintiff…. The plaintiff’s motion asked the court to enter a judgment in the amount of $15,000 in his favor on the basis of a settlement agreement between the parties. The defendant argues on appeal that the court improperly concluded that the agreement entered into by the parties was a binding settlement agreement.”)

Below are the legal malpractice and attorney discipline Appellate Court opinions issued in May 2009:

AC28868 - Moore v. Crone
“The pro se plaintiff…appeals from the summary judgment of the trial court, rendered in favor of the defendant.... The plaintiff’s two count amended complaint alleged that the defendant was negligent in his legal representation of the plaintiff for purposes of his direct appeal from a criminal conviction and that the defendant breached his contract with the plaintiff. On appeal, the plaintiff claims that an expert is not required for him to prevail on his claims and that the court should have considered his case on the merits.”

Below is the legal malpractice and attorney discipline Appellate Court opinion issued in April 2008:

AC29254 - Tuccio v. Garamella ("The plaintiffs...have appealed from the judgment of nonsuit rendered against them and from the denial of their motion to set aside the judgment of nonsuit. The plaintiffs claim that nonsuit as a discovery sanction under the circumstances in this case was unduly harsh and an abuse of the trial court’s discretion.")

Below is the legal malpractice and attorney discipline Appellate Court opinion issued in November 2008:

AC29290 - Rozbicki v. Statewide Grievance Committee (“On appeal to this court, the plaintiff claims that the court improperly concluded that there was clear and convincing evidence that he violated rule 3.1.")

Below is a list of legal malpractice and attorney discipline Appellate Court opinions issued in October 2008:

AC26161 - Gray v. Weinstein ("The plaintiff claims that the court improperly applied the doctrine of collateral estoppel to preclude him from litigating the issue of whether Weinstein's failure to move to withdraw the plaintiff's plea of nolo contendere in a prior criminal proceeding caused the plaintiff harm.")

AC28916 - Henry v. Statewide Grievance Committee ("The plaintiff claims that the court improperly concluded that (1) the reviewing committee did not misapply the law when it determined that he had violated rules 8.4 (4) and 3.3 (a) (1), (2) the defendant presented sufficient evidence of violations of rules 3.3 (a) (1) and 8.4 (4), and (3) the reviewing committee did not rely on irrelevant facts in reaching its conclusions.")

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