Legal Opinion

Lenahan v. RUSSELL L. FORKEY, PA

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided December 17, 1997No. 96-1474PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

702 So.2d 610 (1997)

Edward LENAHAN, Appellant,

v.

RUSSELL L. FORKEY, P.A., Appellee.

No. 96-1474.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

December 17, 1997.

William C. Purcell of William C. Purcell, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Susan Y. Slaton of Peterson, Bernard, Vandenberg, Zei, Geisler & Martin, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.

PARIENTE, Judge.

The issue on appeal is whether, based on the client's dismissal of a related lawsuit, summary judgment was properly granted in this legal malpractice claim. We conclude that justiciable issues of fact remain that are not conclusively…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. v. LaneSupreme Court of Florida · 1990
  2. Diaz v. PiquetteDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1986
  3. Freeman v. RubinDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1975
  4. Brennan v. RuffnerDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1994
  5. Segall v. SegallDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1993

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3Cited by21 opinions

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  3. Hewitt v. AllenNevada Supreme Court · 2002
  4. Hold v. ManziniDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1999
  5. Technical Packaging, Inc. v. HanchettDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2008

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