Keshner v. Hein Waters & Klein

Summary

The Appellate Division, Second Department dismissed as academic an appeal from an order addressing reargument of a motion to dismiss a legal malpractice claim. The underlying order had been vacated and replaced by a subsequent Supreme Court order, eliminating the basis for the appeal.

Holdings

1. The appeal must be dismissed as academic because the order appealed from was vacated by a later order of the Supreme Court.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the appeal from the February 23, 2018 order should be dismissed as academic because that order had been vacated and superseded by the September 27, 2018 order.

Disposition

dismissed