Fritzeen v. Gravel

¶ 1. Plaintiffs Erie and Louise Fritzeen and William and Constance B. Coates appeal a decision of the Chittenden Superior Court granting summary judgment to defendant, attorney John Gravel. The trial court found that plaintiffs’ claim for legal malpractice was barred by 12 V.S.A. § 511 (“A civil action ... shall be commenced within six years after the cause of action accrues and not thereafter.”). Plaintiffs argue that the trial court erred in determining that the cause of action accrued before the conclusion of the appeal in the underlying proceeding. We affirm.

¶ 2. The trial court found the…