Granger v. Middleton

PAINTER, Judge.

_JjThe Plaintiff, Tommie Mack Granger, appeals a trial court judgment dismissing as untimely his legal malpractice action against J. Ogden Middleton, II, the lawyer who handled his unsuccessful attempt to gain custody of his minor child. Finding no error in the trial court’s judgment, we affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

In 1999, Granger hired the law firm of Gold, Weems, Bruser, Sues & Rundell (the Gold firm) to represent him in a child custody dispute. Middleton was, at that time, a member of the Gold firm and undertook primary responsibility for Gran-ger’s case. The trial…