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ELLIOTT v. PARSONS

No. 21825.

918 P.2d 592 (1996)

128 Idaho 723

Edward G. ELLIOTT and Mary L. Elliott, husband and wife, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. William A. PARSONS and Parsons, Smith, Stone & Fletcher, Attorneys At Law, an Idaho general partnership, Defendants-Respondents.

Supreme Court of Idaho, Boise, April 1996 Term.

June 17, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles J. Nicholas, Boise, for appellants.

Eberle, Berlin, Kading, Turnbow & McKlveen, Chtd., Boise, for respondents. Richard B. Kading, Jr. argued.

JOHNSON, Justice.

This is a legal malpractice case. The primary issue presented is when the clients sustained "some damage," which commenced the running of the two-year statute of limitations contained in I.C. § 5-219(4) (1990). We conclude that the statute of limitations bars the case because the clients sustained "some damage" seven years before bringing this action when they retained new counsel to resist Internal Revenue Service (I.R.S.) claims stemming from...

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