McKEE v. RIORDAN

No. 7506

116 N.H. 729 (1976)

JOHN B. McKEE & a. v. FRANCIS J. RIORDAN

Supreme Court of New Hampshire

November 30, 1976


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Branch & Tobin (Mr. Thomas J. Tobin orally) for the plaintiffs.

Wadleigh, Starr, Peters, Dunn & Kohls and James C. Wheat (Mr. Wheat orally) for the defendant.


GRIFFITH, J.

This is an action for malpractice alleging the defendant, an attorney at law, while acting as the plaintiffs' attorney negligently failed to prosecute a claim on their behalf so that their claim was barred by the statute of limitations. Plaintiffs' present action was brought more than six years after expiration of the original six-year statute of limitations governing the plaintiffs' original claim. The defendant pleaded the statute of limitations and...

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