Maddox v. Burlingame

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that “[Retention of an alternative attorney effectively terminates the attorney-client relationship between the defendant and the client”
• stating that billing for new services constitutes an acknowledgement of continued representation in a matter
• stating that billing for new services constitutes an acknowledgement of continued representation in a matter
• “an attorney’s act of sending a bill constitutes an acknowledgment by the attorney that the attorney was performing legal services for the client”
• statutory rule permitted malpractice claim to be filed \within two years of the date the attorney discontinues serving the client\; discovery rule inapplicable
• statutory rule permitted malpractice claim to be filed “within two years of the date the attorney discontinues serving the client”; discovery rule inapplicable

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).