Prudential Insurance v. Dewey, Ballantine, Bushby, Palmer & Wood

New York Court of Appeals · Decided 1992-11-19

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OPINION OF THE COURT Titone, J. Pursuant to its client’s instructions, defendant law firm furnished to plaintiff third party an opinion letter that assertedly contained false assurances. While a law firm supplying such a letter may have a duty running to the third parties, the record in this case does not support the conclusion that the assertion in the opinion letter caused plaintiff’s loss. We thus conclud…

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