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DOWLING v. SALEWSKI

926 A.2d 193 (2007)

2007 ME 78

Tim DOWLING et al. v. Richard SALEWSKI.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: June 28, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Verne E. Paradie Jr., Esq. (orally), Trafton & Matzen, LLP, Auburn, for plaintiff.

Philip P. Mancini, Esq. Nathaniel R. Huckel-Bauer, Esq. (orally), Drummond & Drummond, LLP, Portland, for defendant.

Catherine R. Connors, Esq. (orally), Judith F. Woodbury, Esq., Hallie F. Gilman, Esq., Pierce Atwood, Portland, for amicus curiae Real Estate & Title Section of the Maine State Bar Association.

Panel: SAUFLEY, C.J., and CLIFFORD, ALEXANDER, CALKINS, LEVY, SILVER, and MEAD, JJ.

CALKINS, J.

[¶ 1] This case requires us to determine the meaning of the phrase "real estate title opinion" as it is used in the statute of limitations for professional negligence by attorneys. Richard Salewski appeals from a judgment following a jury trial entered in the Superior Court (Knox County, Wheeler, J.) granting damages to Tim and Jean Dowling for Salewski's legal malpractice. Specifically, he argues that an oral statement to the Dowlings that...

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