Legal Opinion
Kovacevich v. McKinney & Wainwright
California Court of Appeal
Decided June 4, 1993No. F016529PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
STONE (W. A.), Acting P. J.
Kenneth Kovacevich appeals from a judgment entered in favor of defendants McKinney & Wainwright et al. (respondents) following a July 15, 1991, order granting respondents’ motion for nonsuit. In a bifurcated trial, the court determined the provisions of Code of Civil Procedure 1 section 340.6 barred Kovacevich’s March 4, 1986, action for damages for legal malpractice.
Under section 340.6, the one-year statute of limitations for legal malpractice does not begin to run until a plaintiff knows of the attorney’s negligence and sustains actual and appreciable harm.…
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