Gefre v. Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP

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• noting that when the discovery rule is applicable, the inquiry-notice date is usually when the limitations period begins to run
• noting that claim generally accrues when the plaintiff “suffers the harm giving rise to it” but that when an element of the claim “is not immediately apparent” the common-law discovery rule may toll accrual of the claim
• reaffirming the propriety of using evidentiary hearings when there is a material factual dispute about the accrual date of a cause of action
• reaffirming the propriety of using evidentiary hearings when there is a material factual dispute about the accrual date of a cause of actlon
• considering application of discovery rule to derivative shareholder suit brought under AS 09.10.053
• applying statute of limitations for contract claims to legal malpractice claims

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).