Jordache Enterprises Inc. v. Brobeck

Opinion

CHIN, J.

In this case, we again address the meaning of “actual injury” under the legal malpractice statute of limitations, Code of Civil Procedure section 340.6.1 That statute commences the limitations period with the *743attorney’s wrongful act or omission, or with the plaintiff’s actual or constructive discovery of the attorney’s error. However, several specified circumstances toll the prescriptive period, including that “The plaintiff has not sustained actual injury . . . .” (§ 340.6, subd. (a)(1).)

This court most recently considered the actual injury provision in Adams v. Paul (1995) 11…