Scutieri v. Tew, Spittler, Berger & Bluestein, P.A.

Philip Scutieri, Sundale Associates, Ltd., Sunrise Club, Inc. and the Associated American Development Corp. (the clients) appeal from an order of final summary judgment in favor of Tew, Spitler, Berger, and Bluestein (the firm), and an order dismissing the clients’ counterclaim with prejudice. We affirm both orders.

This litigation originated from a mortgage foreclosure action that Southeast Bank filed against the clients in 1980. The clients hired Tew, Spitler1 to represent them in that action. In the foreclosure action, the trial court entered judgment in the bank’s favor; this court…