Insurance Week Blog reports this 6th Circuit Legal Malpractice statute of limitations case which points out the difference between a “discovery” statute and a “event” statute. Plaintiff wanted the statute to start running when she found out about the mistake, the court determined that it began to run when the mistake was made. Details. This situation often arises in transactional work, for example, mistakes made at a real estate closing, which do not become known for several years later. In New York there is no “discovery” statute, and the only extending doctrine is that of “continuous representation.”