Sam v. Balardo

Plaintiff sued defendant for legal malpractice. The jury returned a verdict of no cause of action, and plaintiff appeals, assigning error in the court’s instructions.

Plaintiff contends that the court erred by instructing the jury to apply a two-year statute of limitations to plaintiff’s claim. Plaintiff asserts that the proper period of limitations is three years. The statutes in question are these:

"Sec. 5805. No person may bring or maintain any action to recover damages for injuries to persons or property unless, after the claim first accrued to himself *24or to someone through whom he claims,…