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).