Legal Opinion
Frankston v. Denniston
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided June 5, 2009No. 07-P-741PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBerry, J.
The plaintiff, Michael Frankston, appeals from the dismissal of his amended complaint against his former attorneys, *367Brackett B. Denniston, HI, and Dennis M. Perluss, on the basis of the statute of limitations. A Superior Court judge allowed the defendants’ motions for judgment on the pleadings, Mass.R. Civ.P. 12(c), 365 Mass. 754 (1974), ruling that the complaint was filed beyond the three-year statute of limitations set forth in G. L. c. 260, § 4, and that Frankston should have discovered the alleged legal malpractice more than three years before the commencement of this action in 2004. We…
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