Opinion
2000-07997
Argued October 30, 2001.
December 3, 2001.
In an action to recover damages for legal malpractice, the plaintiff appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (J. Leone, J.), entered July 28, 2000, which, upon an order of the same court dated June 29, 2000, granting the defendants' motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, dismissed the complaint.
Slater Sgarlato, P.C., Staten Island, N.Y. (Robert A. Sgarlato and James Ball of counsel), for appellant.
Rivkin, Radler Kremer, LLP, Uniondale, N.Y. (Evan H. Krinick, Cheryl F. Korman, and Harris J. Zakarin of counsel), for respondents.
Before: DAVID S. RITTER, J.P., SANDRA J. FEUERSTEIN, SANDRA L. TOWNES, A. GAIL PRUDENTI, JJ.
DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.
The defendants established their prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law. In response, the plaintiff failed to raise a triable issue of fact that he would have succeeded on the merits of his claims but for the alleged negligence of the defendants (see, Gibson v. Worthington Div. of McGraw-Edison Co., 78 N.Y.2d 1108; Barr v. Incorporated Vil. of Atl. Beach, 278 A.D.2d 188; Iannacone v. Weidman, 273 A.D.2d 275; Turner v. Robins, 267 A.D.2d 376; Wozniak v. Filler, 245 A.D.2d 444; Oraa v. McKennell, 261 A.D.2d 461; Harrison v. City of New York, 248 A.D.2d 592; Yearke v. Zarcone, 57 A.D.2d 457).
RITTER, J.P., FEUERSTEIN, TOWNES and PRUDENTI, JJ., concur.