Legal Opinion
Joyce v. Garnaas
Montana Supreme Court
Decided July 15, 1999No. 98-179PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Regnier
¶1 On October 24,1995, Richard Joyce filed this action in the Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Yellowstone County, against H.L. Garnaas to recover damages for professional negligence. The case was subsequently moved to the Fourth Judicial District Court, Missoula County, following a stipulation for a change of venue. Garnaas thereafter moved for summary judgment on the grounds that Joyce’s suit was barred by the ten-year statute of repose applicable to actions for legal malpractice. The District Court granted Garnaas’s motion on December 2,1997, and Joyce appeals. We affirm. ¶2 The sole…
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