The law firm Deer, Stone & Maya (“DSM”) represented Carlos Rocha and Arize 11, Inc. (together “Plaintiffs”) in various matters related to their business with FedEx. Id. at ¶13. Plaintiffs sued DSM for conversion, among other things, claiming that DSM failed to return certain legal files to them. Id. at ¶79. DSM moved to dismiss this claim as untimely, and the motion was granted.
On appeal, DSM maintained that the conversion claim was governed by the two-year statute of limitations for acts or omissions in performance of professional legal services. Id. at ¶82. The appellate court agreed, citing various allegations in the complaint such as when the plaintiffs “made repeated demands of DSM for the sale agreement and other documents […] and neither Deer nor Stone complied.” Id. Moreover, the plaintiffs’ brief described the conversion count as “aris[ing] solely from the DSM Defendants’ assumption of unauthorized control and dominion...
