Wieck v. Hostetter

This is an action for professional negligence. Plaintiffs allege that defendant, their former lawyer,1 committed malpractice through a course of dealing with plaintiffs that eventually forced them to sell off a valuable stone quarry, resulting in $2 million in damages. The trial court granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment, ruling that plaintiffs’ malpractice claim was barred by the statute of limitations and, alternatively, that it was barred by a settlement agreement between the parties that had included a mutual general release of all claims. On appeal, we agree with the trial…