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HARGETT v. HOLLAND

No. 377PA93.

447 S.E.2d 784 (1994)

Vann Dale HARGETT, Cecil Glenn Hargett, Gerald Keith Hargett, and Frances Hargett Deason, v. Robert L. HOLLAND.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

September 9, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brown, Hogin & Montgomery by R. Kent Brown, Charlotte, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Dean & Gibson by Rodney Dean and J. Bruce McDonald, Charlotte, for defendant-appellant.

Dameron & Burgin by Charles E. Burgin, Marion, Smith Helms Mulliss & Moore, L.L.P. by Jo Ann T. Harllee, Greensboro, amicus curiae, on behalf of the N.C. Bar Assn.

EXUM, Chief Justice.

This appeal presents the question whether a claim for professional malpractice against an attorney for alleged negligence in drafting a will is barred by the four-year statute of repose contained in our professional malpractice statute of limitations, N.C.G.S. § 1-15(c) (1983), when the claim is filed more than 13 years after the attorney prepared the will and supervised its execution. Section 1-15(c) provides:

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