01/17/2008
Pennsylvania Court Strictly Applies Time Bar to Legal Malpractice Claim
Wachovia Bank, N.A. v. Ferretti, 935 A.2d 565(Pa. Super. 2007)

Brief Summary

The Pennsylvania Superior Court held that the statute of limitations for a legal malpractice claim begins to run when the malpractice is committed and is only tolled until the plaintiff should reasonably have found out about some degree of injury. The statute is not tolled until all of a plaintiff’s damages are clear or until appellate proceedings in the underlying case within the legal malpractice case are over.
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