White Plains Coat & Apron Co. v. Cintas Corp., No. 32
On certified question from U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, the Court answers that a generalized economic interest in soliciting business for profit does not constitute a defense to a claim of tortious interference with an existing contract for an alleged tortfeasor with no previous economic relationship with the breaching party.
Rudolf v. Shayne, Dachs, Stanisci, Corker & Sauer, No. 52
In legal malpractice action, reversal of summary judgment for plaintiff, which had awarded plaintiff his legal and expert fees incurred in trial where he was represented by defendant firm, is modified to reinstate summary judgment for plaintiff, but without costs or interest.
AmBase Corp. v. Davis Polk & Wardwell, No. 51
Defendant law firm, which successfully litigated an I.R.S. tax dispute, did not commit legal malpractice when it failed to question whether an agreement entered into between the client and a related company may have relieved it of the tax liability. Defendants were properly awarded a money judgment where defendants had not answered or asserted a counterclaim.