Case Name: Eugenia Urbanek, Plaintiff, v. Edward Citrynell, Respondent, and Frank X. Kilgannon, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1979-06-11
Citations: 70 A.D.2d 912
Docket Number: 
Parties: Eugenia Urbanek, Plaintiff, v Edward Citrynell, Respondent, and Frank X. Kilgannon, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 70
Pages: 912–912

Head Matter:
Eugenia Urbanek, Plaintiff, v Edward Citrynell, Respondent, and Frank X. Kilgannon, Appellant.

Opinion:
— In an action for attorney malpractice, the third-party defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County, dated July 27, 1978, which denied his motion to dismiss the third-party complaint. Order reversed, on the law, with $50 costs and disbursements, and motion to dismiss the third-party complaint is granted. At the time the third-party defendant was retained by the plaintiff the time to file a notice of claim had expired. Under the circumstances there can be no liability on his part for failure to do that which he could not legally accomplish. Damiani, J. P., Titone, Gulotta and Shapiro, JJ., concur.