· 12/9/1996
Johnston v. Dow & Coulombe, Inc.
Citations
- 686 A.2d 1064
- 1996 Me. LEXIS 245
How courts have described this case
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- explaining that the Court has limited the application of the discovery rule for accrual of causes of action “to three discrete areas: legal malpractice, foreign object and negligent diagnosis medical malpractice, and asbestosis”
- declining to apply a discovery rule in an action against surveyors for negligent preparation of a survey
- identifying the “discrete areas” subject to a discovery rule
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Judges: Wathen, Roberts, Glassman, Clifford, Rudman, Dana, Lipez
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