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· 4/29/2004

Wagner v. Sellinger

Citations

  • 847 A.2d 1151
  • 2004 D.C. App. LEXIS 197
  • 2004 WL 905962

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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Judges: Glickman, Washington, Ferren

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