P. Kevin Barkal, M.D. and Pemcor, Inc. v. Gouveia & Associates

RILEY, Judge.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

[1] Appellants-Plaintiffs, P. Kevin Barkal, M.D. (Dr. Barkal) and PEMCOR, Inc. (Pemcor) (collectively, Appellants), appeal the trial court’s grant of summary judgment to Appellee-Defendant, Gouveia & Associates (Attorney Gouveia), concluding that Appellants failed to designate expert testimony establishing that Attorney Gouveia breached the standard of care in his legal representation of Pemcor in the underlying bankruptcy case.

[2] We affirm.

ISSUE

[3] Appellants raise three issues on appeal, one of which we find dispositive and which we restate as: Whether the…