Ramboot, Inc. v. Lucas

WYNN, Judge.

The three-year statute of limitations for a legal malpractice action begins to run “at the time of the occurrence of the last act of the defendant giving rise to the cause of action.” 1 Here, plaintiffs contend the filing of the dismissal with prejudice constituted the “last act” to give rise to their legal malpractice action. Because the final alleged act of malpractice occurred more than three years before the filing of the action, we affirm the trial court’s ruling that the subsequent filing of the dismissal with prejudice did not extend the statute of limitations for filing…