Editor’s Note: This article is one of a series of articles discussing findings about what the four Appellate Division departments have been deciding about legal malpractice during the last five years. Future articles will continue to share findings from the data set, containing 357 published decisions.

My last article looked at malpractice in criminal defense work. Here we move to a parallel realm: malpractice by defense attorneys on the civil side of the litigation docket. Today’s outcomes are a bit better for plaintiff clients and worse for defendant attorneys than what we encountered back in December. (“Legal Malpractice Liability for Criminal Defense: Rare, Yet Possible,” NYLJ, Dec. 30, 2015.)

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