Knopick v. Connelly

, the “occurrence rule” is out the window in legal liability claims, at least in federal courts, and enter the “discovery rule.”

In essence, the client claims that he gave his lawyer a list of witnesses. The lawyer did not use the list and said that the hearing went well. The client did not sue his lawyer within two years of the hearing, but rather within two years of when the “negative impact” was known to the client.

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