Kaseberg v. Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP

In this legal malpractice case, we apply the “discovery rule” and decide that the trial court erred in concluding, on defendant’s motion for summary judgment, that plaintiffs claim was time-barred.

We state the facts adduced by the parties on summary judgment in the light most favorable to plaintiff, the nonmoving party. Hampton Tree Farms, Inc. v. Jewett, 320 Or 599, 613, 892 P2d 683 (1995). In 2000, plaintiff, a farmer for over 30 years, was, and had been, farming two properties — Grass Valley Ranch, which he owned, and Antelope Ranch, which he leased to farm. Other farmers, the Wheelers,…