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QUESTION OF FACT WHETHER CONTINUOUS REPRESENTATION DOCTRINE RENDERED LEGAL MALPRACTICE ACTION TIMELY.

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined there was a question of fact whether the continuous representation doctrine rendered the legal malpractice cause of action timely. The malpractice allegation stemmed from the alleged failure of the attorneys to recognize that the sale of plaintiff’s business required the creation of a pension fund ($500,000). There was evidence a meeting was held to discuss the pension fund problem at a time which would rendered the malpractice action timely:

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A claim to recover damages for legal malpractice accrues when the malpractice is committed … . “However, pursuant to the doctrine of continuous representation, the time within which to sue on the claim is tolled until the attorney’s continuing representation of the client with regard to the particular matter terminates” … . For the continuous representation doctrine to apply, “there must be clear indicia of an ongoing, continuous, developing, and dependant relationship between the client and the attorney which often includes an attempt by the attorney to rectify an alleged act of malpractice” … .

Here, the defendant satisfied its initial burden by demonstrating, prima facie, that the alleged legal malpractice occurred more than three years before this action was commenced in March 2015 … . In opposition, however, the plaintiffs raised a question of fact as to whether the applicable statute of limitations was tolled by the continuous representation doctrine. The plaintiffs submitted Andrew Stein’s affidavit, in which he averred that he met with members of the defendant on July 26, 2012, to determine how to rectify the pension liability issue. Andrew indicated that he was not satisfied with their recommendations concerning how to rectify the issue and directed them to formulate another idea. Andrew’s affidavit was sufficient to raise a question of fact as to whether the defendant engaged in a course of continuous representation intended to rectify or mitigate the initial act of alleged malpractice … . Stein Indus., Inc. v Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman, LLP. 2017 NY Slip Op 02688, 2nd Dept 4-5-17

 

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