HODGE v. CICHON

No. 5D10-1852.

78 So.3d 719 (2012)

Edward C. HODGE, Oliver W. Cowart and Merrill M. Henry a/k/a Mitchel M. Henry, Appellants, v. Scott W. CICHON, Andrew C. Grant, J. Lester Kaney and Cobb & Cole, P.A., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

February 3, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terence J. Kann of Terence J. Kann, P.A., Gainesville, for Appellants.

Michael R. D'Lugo and Richard E. Ramsey of Wicker, Smith, O'Hara, McCoy & Ford, P.A., Orlando, for Appellees.


KEST, J.M., Associate Judge.

This is a negligence action founded in legal malpractice. The plaintiffs, Appellants herein, alleged that the defendant lawyers were negligent in failing to properly implement an estate plan for an estate of which Appellants were beneficiaries. The trial court granted the lawyers' motion for summary judgment. Finding that there exist genuine issues of material fact, we reverse.

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