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· 10/15/1891

Hays v. Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad

Citations

  • 108 Mo. 544

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  • holding that a criminal legal malpractice action does not accrue until the defendant receives direct or collateral relief from his or her underlying criminal conviction
  • defendant may not collaterally attack criminal conviction in subsequent criminal legal malpractice action unless he has been exonerated of crime via direct appeal or post-conviction relief
  • “RSA 508:4 . . . establishes a three-year limitations period for all personal injury actions.”

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Judges: MacFarlane

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