Thomas v. Hillyard
Utah Supreme Court
CHIEF JUSTICE DURRANT authored the opinion of the Court, in which ASSOCIATE CHIEF JUSTICE LEE, JUSTICE HIMONAS, JUSTICE PEARCE, and JUSTICE PETERSEN joined.
1Opinion of the Court
CHIEF JUSTICE DURRANT, opinion of the Court:
Introduction
¶ 1 Matthew Ross Thomas claims he was convicted of two felonies because of malpractice by his trial counsel, Lyle Hillyard. Following his trial, Mr. Thomas hired new counsel and was able to secure a new trial. He then accepted a plea deal in which he achieved a better result than he had received at trial-replacing two felony convictions with three misdemeanor convictions. We must determine when his malpractice cause of action accrued.
¶ 2 The district court granted summary judgment in favor of Mr. Hillyard, concluding that Mr. Thomas's…
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