Don’t Delay Bringing Your Tennessee Legal Malpractice Claim

By Thomas Greer | November 15, 2012

You depend on your lawyer for guidance and support in navigating the confusing legal system.  It is therefore understandable that you would be hesitant to hire yet another attorney to pursue a legal malpractice claim after having been injured by another attorney’s negligence or wrongdoing.  However, it is important to not delay in bringing your legal malpractice claim.

In Tennessee, there is a one year statute of limitations to bring a legal malpractice claim.  That means that, after the legal malpractice occurred, you only have one year to bring your claim, or it will be forever time-barred.

The one year time limit is determined by the discovery rule.  In other words, you have one year to bring your legal malpractice claim from the time you discovered your injury.  The statute of limitations begins to run when:

  1. You suffer an actual injury that is a result of an attorney’s negligence or other wrongdoing; and
  2. You know, or should have known, of facts sufficient to put you on notice of the injury.

Do not wait to consult another attorney regarding your legal malpractice claim, or your claim might become time-barred.  The attorneys at Bailey & Greer can help you determine when the statute of limitations will run on your claim, so call us today for a free case consultation.  Do not suffer yet another injury by letting the statute of limitations bar your legal malpractice claim.

If you would like more information on understanding the statute of limitations for legal malpractice in Tennessee, follow this link to our Articles Library or call me at 901-680-9777.

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