HINESTROSA v. Diaz

Appellants Elsa Hinestrosa and TTI Export, Inc., appeal the trial court’s order dismissing with prejudice count one (legal malpractice) and count two (breach of fiduciary duty) of appellants’ complaint.

These two claims arise from an earlier case in which appellees were retained to represent appellants in a federal proceeding regarding the seizure and forfeiture of $141,535.61. Appellants’ complaint alleged that the underlying forfeiture proceeding had terminated, and maintained this assertion throughout several years of litigation in the instant action. Appellees maintained that the…