( March 14, 2025, 1:02 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A New York appeals court on March 13 affirmed a lower court’s summary judgment ruling in favor of an insurer in its declaratory judgment lawsuit disputing coverage for an underlying legal malpractice lawsuit arising from a real estate transaction, holding that the law firm insured’s claim predates the policy and that the insured did not satisfy the policy's prior knowledge condition....