Schuman v. Berger
Plaintiff Howard C. Schuman filed suit against defendants Leonard B. Berger, Joseph Nadel and Berger Nadel & Vanelli, the attorneys who had represented his mother in estate planning and other matters for over 30 years. His claims were based on defendants role in obtaining his signature on grant deeds relinquishing to his mother his interest in two pieces of real property that had been held with her in joint tenancy. The case was tried before a jury, which returned a special verdict rejecting his claims for legal malpractice, misrepresentation, breach of contract under a third party beneficiary theory and breach of fiduciary duty. Court reject his various challenges to the special verdict form and the admission of hearsay evidence and affirm the judgment.
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