What is the statute of limitations in legal malpractice actions?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Neel v. Magana, Olney, Levy, Cathcart & Gelfand, 14 Cal.App.3d 813, 92 Cal.Rptr. 814 (Cal. App. 1971):
After DeGarmo, taking questions concerning the statute of limitations in legal malpractice actions to appellate courts went out of style for almost thirty years, for the next time the problem came up was in Griffith v. Zavlaris, 215 Cal.App.2d 826, 30 Cal.Rptr. 517, the case that has given all the trouble.
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