HUNTER, MACLEAN, EXLEY & DUNN v. FRAME

No. S97G1816.

507 S.E.2d 411 (1998)

269 Ga. 844

HUNTER, MACLEAN, EXLEY & DUNN, P.C. v. FRAME et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied October 2, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick T. O'Connor, Timothy David Roberts, Oliver, Maner & Gray, Savannah, Byron Attridge, Michael Lawrence Brown, Deborah Ann Penley, King & Spalding, Atlanta, for Hunter, Maclean, Exley & Dunn, P.C.

Robert Bartley Turner, Savage, Herndon & Turner, Savannah, for Christopher K. Frame et al.

Romaine Lubs White, Deputy Gen. Counsel, State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta, Amicus Appellant.


SEARS, Justice.

This Court granted certiorari to the Court of Appeals in this legal malpractice action to consider that court's reversal of the grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendant law firm.1 We conclude that the Court of Appeals incorrectly reasoned that the running of the applicable statute of limitations was tolled solely by the existence of a confidential relationship between the parties, despite the absence of evidence...

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