Determining this date requires the consideration of two elements: (1) the plaintiff must suffer legally cognizable damage due to the defendant’s conduct; and (2) the plaintiff must have actual or constructive knowledge that the 6 As previously discussed, the applicable statute of limitations is one year from the date the cause of action accrues. Tenn. Code Ann. § 28-3-104(a)(2). Case 3:13-cv-00254 Document 83 Filed 10/27/14 Page 17 of 46 PageID #: 1840 18 injury occurred as a result of the defendant’s conduct.

(Docket No. 1, ¶ 82.) See TENN. CODE ANN. § 28-3-104(a)(1)(B). The allegations in that petition and the allegations in her Complaint in this action arose out of the same transaction or occurrence, namely Defendants’ refusal to accept and process an application submitted on her behalf while she was in a coma.

Tennessee: Plaintiff Burns’ product liability, negligence, and fraud claims barred by 1 year statute of limitations. Tenn. Code Ann. §28-3-104. (FAC ¶ 24 (g)).

Second, Plaintiff’s untimely intentional tort claim is also barred by the exclusive remedy provision of Tennessee’s Workers’ Compensation Law. Tenn. Code Ann. § 28-3-104; Wiggins v. Kimberly-Clark Corp., No. 3:12-CV-115-PLR-CCS, 2015 WL 461625, at *8 (E.D. Tenn. Feb. 3, 2015), aff’d, 641 F. App’x 545 (6th Cir. 2016).

? Alabama (Code ofAla. § 39(a)(1)), Arizona (A.R.S.§ 12-541), Kansas (K.S.A. § 60-514), Kentucky (K.R.S. § 413.140(1)(c)), Louisiana (La. Civ. Code Ann.art. 3492), Mississippi (Miss. Code Ann. § 15-1-35.), New York (N.Y.C.P.L.R. § 215(3)), Ohio (Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2305.11(A)), Oklahoma (OKStat. § 12-95(4)), Tennessee (Tenn. Code § 28-3-104(a)), Texas (T.C.P.R. § 16.002(a)), Virginia (Va. Code § 8.01-248), West Virginia (Preiser v. MacQueen [W.Va. 1985] 352 S.E.2d 22, 27), Wyoming (Wyo.Stat. § 1-3- 105(a)(v)(C)). 25 In sum, a one-yearstatute of limitations for malicious prosecution actions against attorneys comports with nationwide standards, longstanding California history and precedent, and sound statutory interpretation.

? Alabama (Code ofAla. § 39(a)(1)), Arizona (A.R.S.§ 12-541), Kansas (K.S.A. § 60-514), Kentucky (K.R.S. § 413.140(1)(c)), Louisiana (La. Civ. Code Ann.art. 3492), Mississippi (Miss. Code Ann. § 15-1-35.), New York (N.Y.C.P.L.R. § 215(3)), Ohio (Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2305.11(A)), Oklahoma (OKStat. § 12-95(4)), Tennessee (Tenn. Code § 28-3-104(a)), Texas (T.C.P.R. § 16.002(a)), Virginia (Va. Code § 8.01-248), West Virginia (Preiser v. MacQueen [W.Va. 1985] 352 S.E.2d 22, 27), Wyoming (Wyo.Stat. § 1-3- 105(a)(v)(C)). 25 In sum, a one-yearstatute of limitations for malicious prosecution actions against attorneys comports with nationwide standards, longstanding California history and precedent, and sound statutory interpretation.

A. Statute of Limitations “Defenses based on a statute of limitations are particularly amenable to summary judgment motions” because “[m]ost often the facts material to a statute of limitations defense are not in dispute.” Cherry v. Williams, 36 S.W.3d 78, 83 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2000). “When the facts and the inferences reasonably drawn from the facts are not disputed, the courts themselves can bring to bear the applicable legal principles to determine whether the moving party is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law.” Id. The relevant statute of limitations for legal malpractice claims (codified at Tenn. Code Ann. § 28-3-104(a)(2) at the time this suit was filed) provides: Actions and suits against licensed public accountants, certified public accountants, or attorneys for malpractice shall be commenced within one (1) year after the cause of action accrued, whether the action or suit is grounded or based in contract or tort. Tenn. Code Ann. § 28-3-104(c)(1). “A cause of action for legal malpractice accrues and the statute of limitations is triggered when: 1) the defendant committed negligence; 2) the defendant’s negligence caused the plaintiff to suffer a ‘legally cognizable’ or actual injury; and 3) the plaintiff knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care and diligence should have known, that the injury was 6 Case 3:13-cv-00254 Document 132 Filed 03/20/15 Page 6 of 42 PageID #: 5323 caused by the defendant’s negligence.

Case 3:13-cv-00254 Document 99 Filed 11/17/14 Page 26 of 93 PageID #: 2275 - 19 - 9675762 The statute of limitations for legal malpractice is one year from the time the cause of action accrues. T.C.A. § 28-3-104(c). The discovery rule governs when the cause of action accrues.

The statute applies to “[a]ctions and suits against attorneys...whether the actions are grounded or based in contract or tort.” T.C.A. § 28-3-104(a)(2)(emphasis added). B. Allied’s cause of action against Lewis King accrued well before March 20, 12 Case 3:13-cv-00254 Document 81 Filed 10/27/14 Page 12 of 22 PageID #: 1806 2012, i.e., the date which is one year before the filing date of March 20, 2013.

Thus, for purposes of Tennessee law, Plaintiff’s product liability claims sound as a single action and are governed by a one-year statute of limitation. Tenn. Code Ann. § 28-3-104 (one-year limitations period for “. . .actions for injury to the person”). SeealsoTenn.