A legal malpractice suit against a New Jersey lawyer by a former client in connection with the reconstruction of a fire-ravaged historic mansion-turned-condominium complex in Mount Arlington was properly dismissed on remand after once being reinstated, a state appellate court has said.

Appellate Division Judges Joseph Yannotti, Heidi Currier and Lisa Firko in a per curiam opinion Monday upheld a Morris County judge’s finding that plaintiff unit owner did not show that defendant attorney Barry Levine’s advice was the proximate cause of her damages—defaulting on a $289,000 payment to the construction company rebuilding the property.

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