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· 10/5/1998

John Kohl & Co. PC v. Dearborn & Ewing

Citations

  • 977 S.W.2d 528
  • 1998 Tenn. LEXIS 546
  • 1998 WL 682254

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that letter from IRS and action in terminating attorney showed that client was on notice of potential injury
  • ruling that the plaintiffs suffered an actual injury when their accountant was forced to respond to an IRS inquiry
  • holding that a cause of action accrues when the plaintiff knows or should know that the plaintiff has sustained an injury \as a result of wrongful ... conduct by the defendant\
  • holding that an injury occurs when one loses a “legal right, remedy or interest”
  • holding that the cause of action accrues when the plaintiff knows or should know that it sustained an injury “as a result of wrongful . . . conduct by the defendant”
  • noting that in the context of malpractice actions “the discovery rule is composed of two distinct elements: (1) the plaintiff must suffer legally cognizable damage—an actual injury—as a result of the defendant’s wrongful or negligent conduct, and (2

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Judges: Anderson, Barker, Birch, Drowota, Holder

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