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BOYLE v. WELSH

No. S-97-249.

589 N.W.2d 118 (1999)

256 Neb. 118

Jean M. BOYLE, appellant, v. James R. WELSH, appellee.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

February 12, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Sherrets and Theodore R. Boecker, Jr., of Sherrets & Associates, and, on brief, Kathy Pate Knickrehm, Omaha, for appellant.

James R. Welsh, of Bradford, Coenen & Welsh, Omaha, for appellee.

HENDRY, C.J., WRIGHT, CONNOLLY, GERRARD, and STEPHAN, JJ.

CONNOLLY, J.

We granted the petition for further review of the appellee, James R. Welsh. The appellant, Jean M. Boyle, brought a legal malpractice action against Welsh, alleging, inter alia, that Welsh was negligent in failing to timely file suit against certain potential defendants in her underlying medical malpractice action. The question presented is whether an attorney's failure to file a suit within the period provided for in the statute of limitations amounts...

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