Harrison v. Casto

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• recognizing that a legal malpractice action may sound in tort or in contract, and further observing that “[t]he limitation of time within which a tort action for personal injuries can be brought under W. Va. Code, 1931, 55-2-12, as amended, is two years.”
• “A client who has suffered damages as the result of his attorney’s negligence or misconduct may seek recovery therefor in an action at law ... [that] ... may be based on tort arising from the negligence of the attorney, or may be grounded on contract.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).