RJR MECH. INC. v. RUVOLDT

8713, 158764/15.

170 A.D.3d 515 (2019)

93 N.Y.S.3d 851

2019 NY Slip Op 01844

RJR Mechanical Inc., Appellant, v. Harold J. Ruvoldt et al., Respondents.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided March 14, 2019.


The statute of limitations on a cause of action for legal malpractice is three years (see CPLR 214 [6]). Contrary to plaintiff's assertions, the claim was not tolled by the continuous representation doctrine. Generally, tolling under the continuous representation doctrine "end[s] once the client is informed or otherwise put on notice of the attorney's withdrawal from representation" (Shumsky v Eisenstein, 96 N.Y.2d 164, 171...

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