Legal Opinion

Kulesa v. Castleberry

California Court of Appeal

Decided July 10, 1996No. G015354PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

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SONENSHINE, J.

James W. Kulesa (Kulesa) and Mary H. Kulesa appeal from a summary judgment in favor of Kulesa’s former attorneys, Robert W. Castleberry and the law firm of Callahan, McCune & Willis (Callahan), in the Kulesas’ legal malpractice action. We reverse the judgment, holding the statute of limitations on a legal malpractice action is unconditionally tolled during the time the attorney continues to represent the client regarding the specific subject matter in which the alleged malpractice occurred. (Code Civ. Proc., § 340.6, subd. (a)(2).)1 The continued representation tolling is…

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