A multimillion-dollar malpractice claim against the law firm Blank Rome can go forward, the Appellate Division, First Department, ruled Tuesday.

A unanimous panel affirmed Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Anil Singh's ruling in Armstrong v. Blank Rome LLP, 651881/13, that denied Blank Rome's motion to dismiss the claim under Judiciary Law §487, which carries treble damages. It also declined to dismiss claims the firm called “scandalous.”

“The complaint alleges numerous acts of deceit by defendants, committed in the course of their representation of plaintiff in her matrimonial action,” the panel, comprised of Justices Rolando Acosta (See Profile), Richard Andrias (See Profile), David Saxe (See Profile), Leland DeGrasse (See Profile) and Rosalyn Richter (See Profile) said.