Legal Opinion
Church v. McBurney
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided July 31, 1986No. 85-86-AppealPublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KELLEHER, Justice.
In this civil action for legal malpractice, a Superior Court justice certified the following question to this court pursuant to G.L. 1956 (1985 Reenactment) § 9-24-27: 1 Which statute of limitations applies to an action for legal malpractice — § 9-1-14, which prescribes a three-year limitation upon actions for “injuries to the person,” or § 9-1-13, which, at the time this suit was filed, prescribed a six-year limitation upon all civil actions not otherwise specially provided for. 2
According to an agreed statement of facts filed by the parties, the following…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Steele v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Guy v. LiederbachSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- Wilkinson v. HarringtonSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1968
- Flaherty v. WeinbergCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1985
- Pickering v. American Employers InsuranceSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1971
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3Cited by18 opinions
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- Graham v. Quincy Food Service Employees Ass'n & Hospital, Library & Public Employees UnionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
- DiLuglio v. Providence Auto Body, Inc.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 2000
- Credit Union Central Falls v. GroffSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2009
- Rhode Island Depositors Economic Protection Corp. v. HayesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1995
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