Tucker v. Brennan

BOARDMAN, Acting Chief Judge.

We reverse the trial court’s order dismissing with prejudice appellant’s initial complaint, which attempted to state a cause of action in legal malpractice. Although the trial court correctly ‘dismissed appellant’s complaint for its failure to state a cause of action, we believe the court *368erred in denying appellant an opportunity to amend. As this court observed in Vermont Mutual Insurance Co. v. Cummings, 372 So.2d 990, 991 (Fla. 2d DCA 1979), “[T]he law encourages liberality in permitting amendments to pleadings unless it is clearly made to appear that the…