United States Seventh Circuit

Wisconsin six-year statute of limitations in legal malpractice action bars action where plaintiff waited 2 1/2 years after rape charges against him were dropped, and more than 6 years after appellate remedies were exhausted, before suing attorneys who refused to use DNA testing to exonerate him.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/15/2000
• Decided 12/12/2000
• Published 12/12/2000

Judges

• POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, EASTERBROOK, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James Geis (argued), Chicago, IL, for plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Christian Preus (argued), Meagher & Geer, Minneapolis, MN, for defendant-appellee.