Legal Opinion

Oteiza v. Braxton

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided June 20, 1989No. 88-859PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

NESBITT, Judge.

This is an appeal from a final summary judgment entered for the defendant attorney in a legal malpractice case. We reverse.

Alberto Oteiza, a physician, employed Harold M. Braxton, an attorney, to represent him in an appeal of a final order of the Board of Medical Examiners, which found Oteiza subject to disciplinary action pursuant to section 458.331(l)(w), Florida Statutes (1983), and which suspended his license to practice medicine for three years. After the appeal was dismissed due to Braxton’s failure to timely file the petition for review, Oteiza commenced the legal…

2Cases cited8 opinions

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  4. Floyd v. KoskoCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 1985
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