What is a cause of action for legal malpractice?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Pleasant v. Celli, 18 Cal.App.4th 841, 22 Cal.Rptr.2d 663 (Cal. App. 1993):
A cause of action for legal malpractice accrues when the client (a) discovers or should discover the facts essential to the malpractice claim, and (b) suffers appreciable and actual harm flowing from the attorney's negligent [18 Cal.App.4th 847] conduct. (Code Civ.Proc., 340.6 3; Laird v. Blacker (1992) 2
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