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Failure to List Statute of Limitations - Indiana Lawyer Malpractice

Posted by: Jason Reese
August 27, 2008
Topic: Legal Malpractice

The number one reason attorneys are sued by their clients is for failure to timely file the clients claim under the statute of limitations. In Indiana, a claim must typically be filed within 2 years from the date the client knew or should have known about his injury or damage. Attorneys and their staff sometimes fail to file the claim within the deadline period. As a result, clients become victims of attorney malpractice. Clients should pursue claims against their attorneys if the claim that was mishandled was meritorious and the clients lost his or her recovery rights as a result of the failure to comply with the statute of limitations.