Mary Eitel v. Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC

Type

Opinion

Author

Danny Julian Boggs

Filed

March 11, 2026

Case

Mary Eitel v. Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC

Case status

Decided

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NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PUBLICATION File Name: 26a0126n.06 No. 25-5630 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT FILED Mar 11, 2026 ) KELLY L. STEPHENS, Clerk MARY MINTON EITEL, ) Plaintiff-Appellant, ) ) ON APPEAL FROM THE v. ) UNITED STATES DISTRICT ) COURT FOR THE WESTERN STOLL KEENON OGDEN PLLC, ) DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY Defendant-Appellee. ) ) OPINION Before: BOGGS, READLER, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges. BOGGS, Circuit Judge. This case concerns allegations of legal malpractice in the drafting of trust agreements more than fifty years ago. Plaintiff Mary Eitel alleges that the predecessors of Defendant Stoll Keenon Ogden (“SKO”) committed professional malpractice by negligently drafting three trust agreements (the “Eitel Trusts”) created in the 1960s and 1970s by Ms. Eitel’s grandparents and failing to properly advise the Trustees (Count I), aiding and abetting the breach of fiduciary duties of those Trustees (Count II), and breaching SKO’s own fiduciary duty (Count III). The district court dismissed all three claims as time-barred by the statute of limitations of KRS § 413.245, and additionally held that Ms. Eitel failed to state a claim sufficient to allege Counts II and III…

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