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GREEN v. SIEGEL, BARNETT & SCHUTZ

No. 19435.

557 N.W.2d 396 (1996)

1996 SD 146

Paul T. GREEN and Elizabeth Jane Sammis, Individually and as Co-Executors of the Estate of Mayme C. Green, Jointly and Severally, Plaintiffs and Appellees, v. SIEGEL, BARNETT & SCHUTZ, a South Dakota Partnership, engaged in the practice of law, Petitioner and Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided December 31, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.M. Grossenburg, Winner, for plaintiffs and appellees.

James A. Wyly of Richardson, Groseclose, Wyly, Wise & Sauck, Aberdeen, for petitioner and appellant.

GILBERTSON, Justice.

[¶ 1.] Siegel, Barnett & Schutz (hereinafter Law Firm), a partnership engaged in the practice of law in South Dakota, appeals from the trial court's summary judgment ruling that SDCL 15-2-13 and 15-2-14.2, providing the statutes of limitation for legal malpractice actions in this state, are unconstitutional in violation of Article VI, § 20 of the South Dakota Constitution. We reverse and remand with instruction.

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