Phaire v. Galiber-Babb

MEMORANDUM OPINION

In this action for legal malpractice, the defendant moves for summary judgment on the grounds that the claim is barred by the passage of the two-year statute of limitations. 5 V.I.C. § 31(5)(A). The motion will be granted.

FACTS

In 1986, the plaintiff, Rosa Julia Gonzalez Phaire, a/k/a Rosita Phaire (“Phaire”) retained the defendant Lucia A. Galiber-Babb, Esq. (“Galiber-Babb”), to represent her in a partition action which Phaire’s ex-husband had brought in connection with Plot 139 Sion Farm. (Terr. Ct. Civil No. 327/88).

As recited by the Appellate Division of the District…