Legal Opinion
Brown v. Jonz
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided April 5, 1990No. 89-72PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BELSON, Associate Judge:
James Lewis Brown brought an action against Donald Wheeler Jonz for legal malpractice allegedly committed during the course of Jonz’s unsuccessful representation of Brown in a criminal matter. The trial court granted Jonz’s motion for dismissal on the basis that the statute of limitations on the claim had expired. 1 Because the statute of limitations governing Brown’s claim for legal malpractice was tolled pursuant to D.C.Code § 12-302(a)(3) (1989 Repl.) due to his imprisonment at the time his cause of action accrued, the trial court erred in dismissing Brown’s claim.…
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