CELESTE LACHAPELLE AS THE BENEFICIARY OF THE WILL OF JAMES RUSSELL PACE v. BLANCHARD E. TUAL ET AL. - Articles

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CELESTE LACHAPELLE AS THE BENEFICIARY OF THE WILL OF JAMES RUSSELL PACE v. BLANCHARD E. TUAL ET AL.

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Jul 18, 2025

Court: TN Court of Appeals

Attorneys 1: John Timothy Edwards, Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellant, Celeste LaChapelle.

Attorneys 2: Lauran G. Stimac, Logan A. Klauss, Richard Glassman, Jonathan S. Stokes and Brian D. Garrott, Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellees, Tual Graves, PLLC, and Blanchard E. Tual.

Judge(s): STAFFORD

Appellant sued the law firm that prepared a will on behalf of her fiancé for professional negligence after an out-of-state will contest resulted in the invalidation of the will. The trial court concluded that Appellant’s claim accrued when she was forced to respond to the will contest and not when the will was actually held to be invalid. Thus, Appellant’s action was filed after the one-year limitations period had expired, and the trial court granted summary judgment for the law firm. Finding no reversible error, we affirm.

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