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SHIPMAN v. KRUCK

Record No. 030500.

593 S.E.2d 319 (2004)

267 Va. 495

Donald L. SHIPMAN, Individually and as Trustee, et al. v. Frederick R. KRUCK, Jr., Esq.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 5, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Mertz Parnell (David E. Sher; Cummings and Ellis, on briefs), Arlington, for appellants.

Danny M. Howell (Paige A. Levy; Sands, Anderson, Marks, & Miller, Fredericksburg, on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.

AGEE, Justice.

The determinative issue in this appeal is when the appellants' cause of action for legal malpractice accrued for purposes of the statute of limitations.

I. BACKGROUND AND PROCEEDINGS BELOW

On January 16, 1998, Donald L. Shipman and his wife, Kym L. Shipman (collectively, "the Shipmans") hired Frederick H. Kruck, Jr. ("Kruck") to defend them in an action brought by one of the Shipmans' creditors...

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