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· 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

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Judges: Matthews, Eastaugh, Fabe, Bkyner, Carpeneti

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