A state appeals court has thrown out a doctor’s legal malpractice counterclaim against the medical malpractice-focused firm of Belair & Evans, which had sued the physician for nearly $17,000 in allegedly owed legal fees.

In a terse opinion, the Appellate Division, First Department court focused on Dr. Peter Foley Rizzo’s failure to “adequately plead proximate causation” as part of his malpractice counterclaim lodged against the boutique Manhattan law firm, which devotes most of its practice to defending medical and legal malpractice suits and other professional-liability matters, according to online sites and court documents.

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