A legal malpractice claim doesn’t get a new lease on life just because it changes hands, even if the defendant law firm agrees not to raise a statute-of-limitations defense, a state appeals court ruled Monday.
The panel, in Siete Urban Associates v. Pitney, Hardin, Kipp & Szuch, A-5900-08, found the clock “did not reset with each exchange” of the underlying claim, despite a judge’s order that seemed to allow additional time.
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