RALPH H. SPEKEN, M.D. and STEPHANIE
Z. SPEKEN, M.S.,                                                          :

                                                                                                    New York County Clerk’s

                  Plaintiffs-Appellants,                                    :          Index No. 114722/02

                           - against -                                              :

THOMAS R. MOORE, ESQ.,                                       :

                  Defendant-Respondent.                                :

----------------------------------------------------------------x

BRIEF OF PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS

               Plaintiffs-appellants Ralph H. Speken, M.D. and Stephanie Z. Speken, M.S. respectfully submit this Brief in support of their appeal from the Order of Supreme Court, New York County (Tolub, J.), entered on April 23, 2003, which granted defendant’s pre-answer motion to dismiss the complaint.
               In this action, plaintiffs seek to recover damages for, inter alia, defendant’s legal malpractice arising from his representation of plaintiffs in a medical malpractice action involving the death of their son entitled Ralph H. Speken and Stephanie Z. Speken, as Co-Administrators of the Estate of Seth B. Speken, Deceased, and Ralph H. Speken and Stephanie Z. Speken, Individually v. Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, et al (The "Medical Malpractice Action").
Click for Previous Page
Click for Next Page (6/37)
Click for Preface