Case Name: Theresa Logan, Plaintiff, v. Werbel, Werbel & Strauss, P. C., Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent. Solomon M. Lowenbraun, Third-Party Defendant-Appellant, et al., Third-Party Defendant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1996-03-12
Citations: 225 A.D.2d 360
Docket Number: 
Parties: Theresa Logan, Plaintiff, v Werbel, Werbel & Strauss, P. C., Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent. Solo mon M. Lowenbraun, Third-Party Defendant-Appellant, et al., Third-Party Defendant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 225
Pages: 360–361

Head Matter:
Theresa Logan, Plaintiff, v Werbel, Werbel & Strauss, P. C., Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent. Solo mon M. Lowenbraun, Third-Party Defendant-Appellant, et al., Third-Party Defendant.
[638 NYS2d 648]

Opinion:
The letter from the non-appealing third-party defendant to third-party plaintiff, advising that he had been retained by plaintiff to prosecute her personal injury action and demanding the file, raises an issues of fact as to whether third-party defendant-appellant was retained by plaintiff, as he claims, solely to prosecute a legal malpractice action against third-party plaintiff, or whether he was retained as third-party plaintiff's successor in the personal injury action (compare, Lott v Benjamin, 186 AD2d 951, lv denied 81 NY2d 704). Notably, third-party defendants were retained well before the running of the Statute of Limitations in the personal injury action (cf., Hansen v Brognano, 137 AD2d 880). Concur — Rosenberger, J. P., Ellerin, Rubin, Kupferman and Tom, JJ.