Huff v. Roach

*727¶1 — Brenda and Shurwin Huff filed a malpractice claim against their former attorney, Patrick T. Roach,1 nearly seven years after they discovered he had missed the Oregon statute of limitations in their underlying personal injury claims. Reasoning the legal negligence claim accrued upon discovery and was time barred, the trial court granted summary judgment dismissal. Mr. and Mrs. Huff contend their negligence claim did not accrue until they later suffered “damages” when the statute of limitations defense was actually raised in their Oregon personal injury lawsuit. We find that the negligence…