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ACHARYA v. CARROLL

No. 88-0981.

152 Wis.2d 330 (1989)

448 N.W.2d 275

P.V.N. ACHARYA, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross Respondent, v. Donald E. CARROLL and Northwestern National Insurance Company, Defendants-Respondents-Cross Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided September 21, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-appellant-cross respondent the cause was submitted on the briefs of A. Steven Porter, of Madison.

For the defendants-respondents-cross appellants the cause was submitted on the briefs of Bell, Metzner, Gierhart & Moore, S.C. by Virginia L. Newcomb, of Madison.

Before Eich, C.J., Gartzke, P.J., and Sundby, J.

GARTZKE, P.J.

P.V.N. Acharya appeals from a summary judgment dismissing his legal malpractice action against attorney Donald Carroll and Carroll's liability insurer, Northwestern National Insurance Company. The trial court dismissed the action on grounds that the three-year statute of limitations in sec. 893.54, Stats., had run. We conclude that the six-year statute of limitations in sec. 893.53 applies. We therefore reverse the judgment dismissing Acharya's action...

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