Wagner v. Sellinger

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 plaintiff could not \articulate any injury that could yield ascertainable damages\
• holding in a legal malpractice case, the statute of limitations is not triggered by a potential injury until the underlying lawsuit is resolved
• stating that a “plaintiff need not be fully informed about the injury for the statute to begin running; [he] need only have some knowledge of some injury”
• a cause of action normally accrues when “a plaintiff knows, or by the exercise of reasonable diligence should know, of (1) an injury, (2) its cause, and (3) some evidence of wrongdoing.” (emphasis added)
• “knowledge is deemed sufficient” for inquiry notice “if the plaintiff has reason to suspect that the defendant did something wrong, even if the full extent of the wrongdoing is not yet known” (emphases added)

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Cited by

28 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Hillbroom v. Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2011-04-07· cited 26×
• Bradley v. National Ass'n of Securities Dealers Dispute Resolution
  D.C. Circuit· 2005-12-30· cited 22×
• Seed Co. v. Westerman Ex Rel. Estate of Westerman
  D.C. Circuit· 2016-08-12· cited 22×
• De May v. Moore & Bruce, LLP
  District of Columbia· 2008-11-06· cited 20×
• Bolton v. Bernabei & Katz, PLLC
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2008-07-31· cited 19×
• Huff v. Roach
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2005-02-10· cited 18×
• Jones v. Lattimer
  District of Columbia· 2014-03-06· cited 15×
• Bleck v. Power
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2008-09-04· cited 14×
• Rocha v. Brown & Gould, LLP
  District of Columbia· 2015-04-30· cited 13×
• Perry v. Scholar
  District of Columbia· 2010-03-19· cited 9×
• Hancock, Talmadge v. HomEq Svc Corp
  D.C. Circuit· 2008-05-23· cited 8×
• Jensen v. Young
  Utah Supreme Court· 2010-11-23· cited 8×
• Seed Company Limited v. Westerman
  District of Columbia· 2012-01-05· cited 7×
• Gallucci v. Schaffer
  District of Columbia· 2007-08-28· cited 5×
• Seed Co. v. Westerman
  District of Columbia· 2014-07-30· cited 5×
• Cedar Rapids Lodge & Suites, LLC v. JFS Development, Inc.
  Eighth Circuit· 2015-06-15· cited 4×
• Brisbin v. Washington Sports & Entertainment, Ltd.
  District of Columbia· 2006-02-21· cited 2×
• Pricer v. Deutsche Bank
  District of Columbia· 2012-02-05· cited 2×
• Newland v. Aurora Loan Services, LLC
  District of Columbia· 2011-08-22· cited 2×
• Capitol Servs. Mgmt. v. Vesta Corp.
  D.C. Circuit· 2018-07-25· cited 2×

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Holland v. Hannan
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1983-01-20· cited 225×
• Colbert v. Georgetown University
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1994-05-05· cited 154×
• Diamond v. Davis
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1996-02-20· cited 136×
• Bussineau v. President of Georgetown College
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1986-11-26· cited 129×
• Knight v. Furlow
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1989-02-06· cited 108×
• Security Bank & Trust Co. of Ponca City v. Fabricating, Inc.
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1983-12-19· cited 67×
• Wagner v. Georgetown University Medical Center
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2001-03-08· cited 65×
• Weisberg v. Williams, Connolly & Califano
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1978-08-14· cited 61×
• Strother v. District of Columbia
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1977-04-29· cited 46×
• Fort Myers Seafood Packers, Inc. v. Steptoe and Johnson
  D.C. Circuit· 1967-09-22· cited 40×
• R.D.H. Communications, Ltd. v. Winston
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1997-09-18· cited 38×
• Arizona Management Corp. v. Kallof
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1984-09-04· cited 24×
• Morton v. National Medical Enterprises, Inc.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1999-02-11· cited 24×
• K.J.B., Inc. v. Drakulich
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1991-06-06· cited 23×
• Johnson v. Cornett
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1985-02-18· cited 12×
• Magnuson v. Lake
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1986-04-16· cited 9×
• Welborn v. Shipman
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1992-06-05· cited 7×

Other cases named Wagner v. Sellinger

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Wagner v. Sellinger
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2008-04-24