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Its Not Legal Malpractice or Attorney Fees, But the Priniciple is the Samem

By (Andrew Lavoott Bluestone)

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Justice Goodman of Supreme Court, New York County has a caseload full of legal malpractice cases.  Here is an accounting malpractice case coming as a counterclaim for accounting fees, but the idea is just the same.  In Perelson Weiner, LLP v Allison 06/29/2010 Supreme Court, New York County, Goodman, J. the claim was that client did not pay fees, and client counterclaimed that the accountant committed malpractice in handling a foreign investment, to the tune of $ 61,000.  Client alleges that accountant overbilled him and advised him that litigation in the Cayman Islands was essential, when in fact it was useless.

In this motion on the amended pleadings, Justice Goodman lays out a well enunciated explanation of how such a pleading should look and why it is permissible. Here, it is neither too late, nor too prejudicial to dismiss.

Full post as published by New York Attorney Malpractice Blog on July 13, 2010 (boomark / email).

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