Legal Opinion
Schoenrock v. Tappe
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided January 27, 1988No. 15484PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, Justice
(on reassignment).
This is a legal malpractice action which was dismissed by the trial court on the ground that the action was barred by the statute of limitations, SDCL 15-2-14.2. We affirm, reiterating that the statute of limitations is an occurrence rule, extending the continuous treatment doctrine to legal malpractice actions, but determining that under the facts presented here the statute of limitations bars the action as a matter of law.
FACTS
Appellant Arlo J. Schoenrock (Schoen-rock) commenced this lawsuit claiming in his first cause of action that Attorney Lee Tappe (Tappe) was…
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