SILVESTRONE v. EDELL

No. 96-2236.

701 So.2d 90 (1997)

Art SILVESTRONE, Appellant, v. Marc Z. EDELL, Budd, Lardner, et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied November 5, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Summers and Edwin Vargas of Summers, Anthony & Vargas, Cleveland, OH, and Victor L. Chapman and R. Steven Ruta of Barrett, Chapman & Ruta, P.A., Orlando, for Appellant.

Darryl M. Bloodworth and Nichole M. Mooney, of Dean, Mead, Egerton, Bloodworth, Capouano, & Bozarth, P.A., Orlando, for Appellees.


HARRIS, Judge.

The issue in this case is whether the cause of action for legal malpractice begins to run from the date the client obtains knowledge of his cause of action for legal malpractice (the jury verdict) or from a subsequently entered final judgment which does not and, based on the client's directions, cannot change the result of the jury verdict. Art Silvestrone urges that his attorney was negligent in his federal antitrust action by not calling an expert...

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