Legal Opinion
Banton v. Marks
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided August 13, 1981PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CONNER, Judge.
This appeal tests the applicability of the one year statute of limitations in a legal malpractice case.
The facts are undisputed for purposes of this appeal since the case was dismissed on defendants’ motion for summary judgment.
Plaintiff-appellant’s decedent, 1 Pete A. Banton, a Tennessee resident, was injured in a two vehicle collision on July 9, 1976, in Todd County, Kentucky. Due to the graveness of his injuries, including a broken back and a severed spinal cord, Mr. Banton was transported to Baptist Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee, where he was placed in the care of…
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