Nationwide Mutual Insurance v. Winslow

COZORT, Judge.

This appeal involves the question of whether plaintiff’s action for legal malpractice is barred under N.C. Gen. Stat. § l-15(c). We hold that plaintiffs cause of action accrued more than three years prior to the bringing of suit, and that the statute of limitations was not tolled during the appeal of the underlying action which defendant allegedly was negligent in handling. We therefore affirm the trial court’s order of summary judgment in favor of defendant.

On 13 October 1981, a negligence action arising from an automobile accident was filed against Calvin Thomas Tharpe and…