Opinion · New York Court of Appeals

Vandenburg v. Brosnan

70 N.Y.2d 940

Type: Opinion
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Date: 1988-01-14
Topic: international-arbitration

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noting that New York does not recognize liability of lawyer to third parties where factual situation does not fall within one of acknowledged categories of tort and contract liability

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VANDENBURG v. BROSNAN,70 N.Y.2d 940(1988)

RICHARD VANDENBURG, Appellant, v. TIMOTHY BROSNAN et al., Defendants, and

SOUTHLAND CORP., Doing Business as SEVEN-ELEVEN, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Argued January 8, 1988

Decided January 14, 1988

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department, Louis J. Sangiorgio, J.Page 941

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Irving N. SelkinandMorris Honigfor appellant.David S. Hellerfor respondent.

Order affirmed, with costs, for the reasons stated in the memorandum at the Appellate Division (129 A.D.2d 793). We note in addition, with respect to plaintiff's claim of commonlaw negligence, that the principles applied by the Appellate Division were recently reaffirmed by this court(see, D'Amico vChristie,71 N.Y.2d 76).

Concur: Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges SIMONS, KAYE, ALEXANDER, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA.