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DUNCAN v. CAMPBELL

No. 17142.

936 P.2d 863 (1997)

1997-NMCA-028

123 N.M. 181

Donald D. DUNCAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Thomas K. CAMPBELL II; Thomas E. Lilley; Arnold N. Miller; W.F. Roberts, Jr.; Joe W. Jernigan; and Miller, Roberts & Jernigan, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Certiorari Denied April 3, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cynthia J. Patterson, Law Offices of Cynthia J. Patterson, Albuquerque, Robert Dale Morrison, Law Offices of Robert Dale Morrison, Albuquerque, for Appellant.

Thomas L. Johnson, Foster, Johnson, Harris & McDonald, Albuquerque, for Appellees Thomas K. Campbell II and Thomas E. Lilley.

Jeffrey A. Dahl, Lamb, Metzgar, Lines & Dahl, P.A., Albuquerque, for Appellee Arnold N. Miller.

OPINION

PICKARD, Judge.

1. This is a legal malpractice, breach of contract, and deceit action brought by a former criminal defendant (Plaintiff or Duncan) against the lawyers who defended him (Defendants). The issues we address concern the commencement of the statute of limitations in such actions. The district court granted Defendants' motion to dismiss because Plaintiff's action was not brought in a timely fashion. Except for a portion of the deceit...

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