Perez-Abreu, Zamora & De La Fe, P.A. v. Taracido

We have for review Taracido v. Perez-Abreu, Zamora & De La Fe, P.A., 705 So.2d 41 (Fla. 3d DCA 1997), which is in apparent conflict with this Court’s opinion in Edwards v. Ford, 279 So.2d 851 (Fla.1973). We have jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(3) of the Florida Constitution. For the reasons expressed below, we apprové the decision of the district court in Taracido and recede from Edwards to the extent that it conflicts with the reasoning of this decision.

The facts of Taracido are as follows. Manuel Taracido was an officer, director, and half owner of Medical Centers of…