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RAMBOOT, INC. v. LUCAS

No. COA06-357.

640 S.E.2d 845 (2007)

RAMBOOT INC. d/b/a B & R Lanes; Berley L. Buck, Individually; and Cassie L. Buck, Individually, Plaintiffs, v. Robert V. LUCAS and Lucas, Bryant, Denning & Ellerbe, P.A. (Formerly Lucas, Bryant, Denning & Edwards, P.A.), Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

February 20, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mills & Economos, L.L.P., by Larry C. Economos, Greenville, for plaintiff-appellants.

Patterson, Dilthey, Clay, Bryson & Anderson, L.L.P., by Ronald C. Dilthey and Tobias S. Hampson, Raleigh, for defendant-appellants.

WYNN, Judge.

The three-year statute of limitations for a legal malpractice action begins to run "at the time of the occurrence of the last act of the defendant giving rise to the cause of action."1 Here, plaintiffs contend the filing of the dismissal with prejudice constituted the "last act" to give rise to their legal malpractice action. Because the final alleged act of malpractice occurred...

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