Commercial Union Insurance v. Lewis & Roca

OPINION

TOCI, Judge.

In this appeal we must decide, for purposes of commencement of the statute of limitations, when a cause of action accrues for an attorney’s negligent advice.

In 1982, the Lewis and Roca law firm provided its client, Commercial Union Insuranee Company (“Commercial Union”), with a legal opinion. The opinion concluded that, because of a policy exclusion, Commercial Union’s insured, Maxon Construction Company (“Maxon”), was not entitled to liability coverage for a lawsuit against Maxon for negligent construction of certain townhouses. In reaching this conclusion, however, Lewis…