Zimmie v. Calfee, Halter & Griswold

The sole question in this appeal is whether appellant’s legal malpractice action against his attorneys, the appellees, was barred by Ohio’s one-year statute of limitations.

The statute of limitations applicable to legal malpractice actions is set forth in R.C. 2305.11(A) which stated, at the time of the commencement of the action herein, in relevant part: “[a]n action for * * * malpractice *57* * * shall be brought within one year after • the cause thereof accrued * * * ”2

In 1983, this court adopted the “discovery rule” as defining the date upon which a cause of action accrues and the statute of…