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PLAINTIFFS’ LEGAL MALPRACTICE ACTION SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN DISMISSED; PLAINTIFFS’ 2010 BREACH OF A CONDOMINIUM-SALE CONTRACT ACTION WAS DISMISSED ON STATUTE OF FRAUDS GROUNDS; WHEN A WRITTEN CONTRACT SUBSEQUENTLY SURFACED, DEFENDANT ATTORNEYS DID NOT MOVE TO RENEW, VACATE OR APPEAL THE ORDER (FIRST DEPT).

The First Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined the legal malpractice action should not have been dismissed. Plaintiffs, apparently represented by defendant attorneys, brought a 2010 action for breach of a condominium-sale contract which was dismissed on statute of frauds grounds (no written contract). When the written contract for the condominium sale surfaced, the defendants did not move to renew, vacate or appeal the order:

Regardless of whether the dismissal on statute of frauds grounds was ultimately correct, defendants should have known that the condominium claims, which involved the sale of real property, would be subject to the statute of frauds and thus would require reference to a written contract (General Obligations Law § 5-703[2]); that the statute of frauds could be raised and adjudicated on a motion to dismiss under CPLR 3211(a)(5); and that a dismissal under the statute of frauds would be on the merits, thus precluding any future claim for damages on the sale of the condominium … . As a result, with respect to the condominium sale, it cannot be determined as a matter of law that plaintiffs failed to plead a claim for legal malpractice based upon defendants’ actions in litigating the breach of contract claim. Komolov v Popik, 2022 NY Slip Op 01966, First Dept 3-22-22

Practice Point: The defendant attorneys apparently represented plaintiffs in their 2010 action for breach of a condominium-sale contract. The 2010 action was dismissed on statute of frauds grounds. Subsequently a written contract surfaced and defendant attorneys did not move to renew, vacate or appeal the order. Plaintiffs’ legal malpractice complaint should not have been dismissed.

 

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