Stroud v. Ryan

David Newbern, Justice.

This is an attorney malpractice case. The trial court granted a judgment on the pleadings in favor of attorney Jerry Ryan after concluding the pleadings showed the three-year statute of limitations, Ark. Code Ann. § 16-56-105 (1987), had run. The appellant, Richard A. Stroud, contends the pleadings did not show that the statute of limitations had run. We agree with the appellant’s argument, and therefore the case is reversed and remanded.

The complaint, as amended, alleged the following: Ryan negligently failed to make Stroud’s response to a writ of garnishment served on…