Lapham v. Stewart

EISMANN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment dismissing a complaint for legal malpractice on the ground that the claim was barred by the statute of limitations. We affirm the judgment of the district court.

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

In 1995 Mark Lapham was a private lender living in California who made residential and commercial real estate loans. For approximately ten years prior to that time, his father had operated a similar business in northern Idaho, making hundreds of residential and commercial loans. In mid 1995 Lap-ham’s father became aware that two brothers Kimlee…