Scholler v. Scholler

I

The initial question to be decided is whether summary judgment was properly granted in favor of Willoughby on the basis of the statute of limitations. In Skidmore & Hall v. Rottman (1983), 5 Ohio St. 3d 210, this court held:

*102“Under R.C. 2305.11(A), a cause of action for legal malpractice accrues and the statute of limitations commences to run when the client discovers, or, in the exercise of reasonable care and diligence should have discovered, the resulting injury. * * *”

Neither the trial court nor the court of appeals had the benefit of our decision in Skidmore & Hall, supra. As such, no…