BUDD v. NIXEN

Docket No. L.A. 29870.

6 Cal.3d 195 (1971)

491 P.2d 433

98 Cal. Rptr. 849

WILLIAM A. BUDD, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. ALAN NIXEN, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

December 2, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Hunt, Liljestrom & Wentworth and Vernon W. Hunt, Jr., for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Groff, Dunne, Shallcross & Kane and Russell E. Shallcross for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

TOBRINER, J.

This case is a companion to Neel v. Magana, Olney, Levy, Cathcart & Gelfand, ante, page 176 [98 Cal.Rptr. 837, 491 P.2d 421], also decided today. In Neel we conclude that the statute of limitations for legal malpractice, as for all professional malpractice, commences to run when the client discovers, or should...

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