St. Stephens Baptist Church, Inc. v. Salzman
Decision Date | 13 February 2007 |
Docket Number | 2006-01228. |
Citation | 2007 NY Slip Op 01288,37 A.D.3d 589,830 N.Y.S.2d 248 |
Parties | ST. STEPHENS BAPTIST CHURCH, INC., Appellant, v. STANLEY P. SALZMAN, Respondent. |
Court | New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division |
Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
A cause of action to recover damages for legal malpractice accrues on the date the alleged malpractice was committed, not when it was discovered (see Shumsky v Eisenstein, 96 NY2d 164, 166 [2001]; Glamm v Allen, 57 NY2d 87, 95 [1982]; Sommers v Cohen, 14 AD3d 691, 692 [2005]; Barbieri v Shayne, Dachs, Stanisi, Corker, & Sauer, 304 AD2d 512 [2003]). This legal malpractice action arises out of the defendant's alleged failure to defend the plaintiff in an underlying arbitration proceeding resulting in a default judgment against it. As the time to file an answer in the underlying proceeding expired on October 22, 2001, the plaintiff's cause of action accrued on that date (see Glamm v Allen, supra at 93; Williams v Lindenberg, 24 AD3d 434 [2005]; Sommers v Cohen, supra). This action was commenced on April 25, 2005, more than three years later, and therefore was time-barred (see CPLR 214 [6]).
The plaintiff's remaining contentions are academic in light of our determination.
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