Winnie C. Byers v. William A. Burleson

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• setting forth appellate court’s standard of review in appeals from grant of summary judgment
• under essential-facts test, limitations period did not begin to run when only “remote possibility” existed that attorney had been guilty of legal malpractice
• parties did not dispute date of injury; issue was as to when plaintiff discovered injury
• “[W]here a legal ... injury is not readily apparent, the District of Columbia courts follow the discovery rule, which tolls the running of the statute of limitations until the plaintiff-client discovers or reasonably should have discovered [his] injury.”

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