KOTVAL v. GRIDLEY

No. 82-1355.

698 F.2d 344 (1983)

Roy KOTVAL, Appellant, v. John N. GRIDLEY, III, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided January 18, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael E. Unke, Salem, S.D., for appellant.

Michael L. Luce, Carleton R. Hoy, Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith, Sioux Falls, S.D., for appellee.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, and BRIGHT and JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judges.


LAY, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of dismissal of plaintiff's claim for professional malpractice against a South Dakota attorney. The United States District Court for the District of South Dakota, the Honorable John B. Jones presiding, held that the claim was barred by the state statute of limitations. We must respectfully disagree. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

This malpractice action stems from a suit in state court in South...

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