KENNEDY v. GOFFSTEIN

No. 03-P-676.

62 Mass. App. Ct. 230 (2004)

A. WILLIAM KENNEDY & another v. SCOTT GOFFSTEIN.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

October 5, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Mulligan for the plaintiffs.

Nancy M. Reimer for the defendant.

Present: ARMSTRONG, C.J., DREBEN, & KANTROWITZ, JJ.


KANTROWITZ, J.

At issue is when the statute of limitations commenced on a malpractice claim against a certified public accountant. The statute begins to run at the point when the plaintiff discovers that he has suffered harm due to the actions of the defendant. See Lyons v. Nutt, 436 Mass. 244, 247 (2002). The specific date that "the necessary coalescence of discovery and appreciable harm occur[s]," id. at 251...

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