DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.
The Supreme Court properly dismissed the plaintiff's cause of action to recover damages for legal malpractice based upon documentary evidence that conclusively established a defense to the action ( see CPLR 3211(a)(1); Leon v. Martinez, 84 N.Y.2d 83) . The defendants submitted settlement agreements signed by the plaintiff, the transcript of court proceedings regarding the terms of the settlement, and the retainer agreement, all of which contradicted the claim of malpractice ( see Laruccia v. Forchelli, Curto, Schwartz, Mineo, Carlino Cohn, 295 A.D.2d 321; Schwarz v. Shapiro, 202 A.D.2d 187).
The Supreme Court also properly dismissed the plaintiff's cause of action to recover damages for breach of contract, as that cause of action was merely a redundant pleading of the malpractice claim ( see Keselman v. Kingsboro Med. Group, 156 A.D.2d 334).
SMITH, J.P., H. MILLER, S. MILLER and LUCIANO, JJ., concur.