A man whose kidnapping conviction was vacated only after he had spent almost 15 years in prison can proceed with a $26 million legal malpractice suit against his former appellate attorney, a state judge has ruled.
The malpractice action by Giuseppe D’Alessandro against attorney John Carro was filed after the Appellate Division, First Department, issued an unusual writ of error coram nobis faulting Mr. Carro for failing to raise “a clearly meritorious speedy trial argument” on appeal (NYLJ, July 1, 2010).
