Farage v. Ehrenberg
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Dillon, J.
This appeal presents the question of whether the attorney-client relationship, for purposes of measuring the continuing representation toll of the statute of limitations, should run to the filing of the consent to change attorney form or to earlier factual events involving the attorney and the client. We hold that courts must examine the unique circumstances of each case and that where, as here, facts establish a client’s discharge of counsel on a date preceding execution and filing of the consent to change attorney form, the continuing representation toll of the…
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