Torbett v. Pinkerton
Appellant Glenn Torbett appeals the judgment entered after the trial court granted summary judgment in favor of respondents Walter E. Pinkerton, Jr., Pinkerton Doppelt & Associates, LLP, and Carl Anderson, as Trustee of the Walter E. Pinkerton, Jr. Trust (collectively Pinkerton). The trial court found the one-year statute of limitations set forth in Code of Civil Procedure[1] section 340.6, subdivision (a) barred Torbett's complaint alleging a single cause of action for professional negligence against Pinkerton.
Torbett contends the trial court erred in granting summary judgment because (1) a triable issue of material fact exists regarding when Torbett knew, or should have known, of the facts giving rise to his professional negligence cause of action against Pinkerton, and (2) the one-year limitations period was tolled until Torbett suffered actual injury, which Torbett claims occurred within one year of the filing of his complaint.
As we explain, we disagree with both contentions and thus affirm the judgment for Pinkerton.
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