Julian v. Carroll
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for legal malpractice, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kangs County (Jackson, J.), dated March 11, 1999, which granted the defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint on the ground that the action was barred by the Statute of Limitations.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
A cause of action to recover damages for legal malpractice accrues on the date the malpractice was committed, not when the client discovered it (see, Glamm v Allen, 57 NY2d 87; Goicoechea v Law Offs. of Stephen R. Kihl, 234 AD2d 507). The…
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