Long v. Buckley

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• holding that genuine issues of material fact on the issue of when the clients discovered facts giving rise to their legal malpractice action precluded summary judgment in favor of an attorney who failed to file a lawsuit before the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations
• holding that genuine issues of material fact on the issue of when the clients discovered facts giving rise to their legal malpractice action precluded summary judgment in favor of an attorney who failed to file a lawsuit before the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations
• finding statute of limitations for breach of written contract did not apply where breach not related to express terms of contract
• attorney malpractice actions are governed by tort, not contract, statute of limitations
• “For the purpose of application of the six year period of limitations, the act which is alleged to give rise to the breach must bear some connection to the writing itself.”

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