Court Error – Legal Malpractice

By: Derek Hawkins//March 22, 2017//

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WI Court of Appeals – District II

Case Name: Lee M. Bleecker v. Terence P. Cahill

Case No.: 2016AP1231

Officials: Neubauer, C.J., Gundrum and Hagedorn, JJ.

Focus: Court Error – Legal Malpractice

Lee Bleecker appeals from the circuit court’s grant of summary judgment to Terence P. Cahill, Brewer & Cahill, LLP and The Hanover Insurance Company. He contends the court erred in concluding his legal malpractice claim was barred on the basis the statute of limitations began to run in 2003 when he signed a lease agreement on which Cahill advised him, as opposed to in 2013 when he incurred actual damages in relation to the agreement. We agree with Bleecker that his cause of action accrued in 2013 and this suit was timely filed; we reverse.

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Attorney Derek A. Hawkins is the managing partner at Hawkins Law Offices LLC, where he heads up the firm’s startup law practice. He specializes in business formation, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, private equity and venture capital funding and mergers & acquisitions. Check out the website at www.hawkins-lawoffices.com or contact them at 262-737-8825.

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