What is the standard for establishing a prima facie case of legal malpractice?
"New York", United States of America
The following excerpt is from Grace v. Law, 2014 N.Y. Slip Op. 07089, 21 N.E.3d 995, 24 N.Y.3d 203, 997 N.Y.S.2d 334 (N.Y. 2014):
to defendants' assertion that this standard will require courts to speculate on the success of an appeal, courts engage in this type of analysis when deciding legal malpractice actions generally (see Davis v. Klein, 88 N.Y.2d 1008, 10091010, 648 N.Y.S.2d 871, 671 N.E.2d 1268 [1996] [In order to establish a prima facie case of legal malpractice, a plaintiff must demonstrate
[21 N.E.3d 999]
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