Williams v. Blakley

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from summary judgment in favor of respondent-defendants in an action essentially asserting professional malpractice in the performance of engineering functions. Respondents asserted, and the trial court agreed, that the cause of action was barred by the statute of limitations. I.C. § 5-219(4). We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

In May 1978 the then owner of certain property (Campbell), employed Geddes and Pearson dba GP Engineering, to perform a boundary survey to be used in connection with the sale of the property to plaintiffs-appellants…