Keonjian v. Olcott

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the “controlling issue” in determining when the claim accrues is “when [the plaintiff] 4 became aware or should have been aware of the cause of [their] harm” (quotation marks and citation omitted)
• explaining that the resolution of a separate claim that would 25 have provided an offset did not toll statute of limitations
• noting legal malpractice claims generally are tort claims absent “specific promise[s] contained in the contract ... and then only to the extent the claim is premised on the nonperformance of that promise” (citation omitted)
• attorney malpractice cause of action accrued as matter of law when plaintiff made sworn statements concerning attorney’s mishandling of transaction
• attorney malpractice cause of action accrued as matter of law when plaintiff made sworn statements concerning attorney‟s mishandling of transaction
• “In the majority of malpractice cases, the damage or 24 injury occurs contemporaneously with the malpractice.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Best Choice Fund, LLC v. Low & Childers, P.C.
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2012-01-06· cited 34×
• Melinda S. Workman v. Verde Wellness Center, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2016-10-18· cited 30×
• Cannon v. Hirsch Law Office, P.C.
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2009-07-14· cited 26×
• Little v. State
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2010-09-30· cited 17×
• Kaufman v. Jesser
  D. Arizona· 2012-07-19· cited 6×
• Hayenga v. Gilbert
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2015-02-12· cited 3×
• Little v. State of Arizona
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2010-09-30
• Todd Underwood v. Thomas Wilczynski and Dana Wilczynski Janet A. Bewley...
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2021-12-16

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Hill-Shafer Partnership v. Chilson Family Trust
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1990-09-18· cited 106×
• Logerquist v. Danforth
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1996-10-03· cited 84×
• Amfac Distribution Corp. v. Miller
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1983-11-17· cited 78×
• Amfac Distribution Corp. v. Miller
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1983-07-06· cited 60×
• Glaze v. Larsen
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2004-01-14· cited 55×
• Kiley v. Jennings, Strouss & Salmon
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1996-04-23· cited 49×
• CDT, Inc. v. Addison, Roberts & Ludwig, C.P.A., P.C.
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2000-08-24· cited 40×
• Commercial Union Insurance v. Lewis & Roca
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1995-02-21· cited 39×
• Benard v. Walkup
  California Court of Appeal· 1969-05-06· cited 34×
• Long v. Buckley
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1981-04-02· cited 33×
• Collins v. Miller & Miller, Ltd.
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1996-12-24· cited 27×
• Hill v. Williams
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2003-01-28· cited 22×
• Beane v. Tucson Medical Center
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1970-12-07· cited 14×
• Towns v. Frey
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1986-03-10· cited 9×