SCHOENROCK v. TAPPE

No. 15484.

419 N.W.2d 197 (1988)

Arlo J. SCHOENROCK, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Lee A. TAPPE, Defendant and Appellee.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided January 27, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randolph F. Stiles, Hanson, Stiles, Anderson & Swank, Mitchell, for plaintiff and appellant.

Carleton R. Hoy of Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith, Sioux Falls, for defendant and appellee.


MILLER, Justice (on reassignment).

This is a legal malpractice action which was dismissed by the trial court on the ground that the action was barred by the statute of limitations, SDCL 15-2-14.2. We affirm, reiterating that the statute of limitations is an occurrence rule, extending the continuous treatment doctrine to legal malpractice actions, but determining that under the facts presented here the statute of limitations bars the action as a matter of law.

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