Straw Pond Associates, LLC v. Fitzpatrick, Mariano & Santos, P.C.

In this legal malpractice action, the plaintiffs, Straw Pond Associates, LLC, Straw Pond Real Estate, LLC, Straw Pond Holdings, LLC, and CUDA Associates, LLC, appeal from the summary judgment rendered by the trial court in favor of the defendants, Fitzpatrick, Mariano & Santos, P.C. (firm), and Edward G. Fitzpatrick, an attorney in the firm. On appeal, the plaintiffs claim that the court erred in granting the defendants' motion for summary judgment by (1) adjudicating, rather than identifying, issues of fact, (2) concluding that their claims were barred by the statute of limitations, and (3)…