· 3/10/2000
Preblich v. Zorea
Citations
- 996 P.2d 730
- 2000 Alas. LEXIS 20
- 2000 WL 276059
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that where attorney “had or should have had knowledge of [client’s] potential malpractice action against [former attorney]” before statute of limitations ran, attorney’s knowledge was imputed to client for purposes of discovery rule
- affirming grant of summary judgment because six-year statute of limitations was triggered when client had sufficient information to know former attorney might have engaged in malpractice
- client charged with constructive discovery when the client's new attorney should have discovered the client's cause of action against the client’s previous attorney
- client charged with constructive discovery when the client’s new attorney should have discovered the client’s cause of action against the client’s previous attorney
- \ 'Ordinarily an issue which was not raised in the trial court will not be treated on appeal.'\ (quoting Padgeft v. Theus, 484 P.2d 697, 700 (Alaska 1971))
- applying statute of limitations for contract claims to malpractice case
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Matthews, Eastaugh, Fabe, Bkyner, Carpeneti
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