BATISTA v. WALTER & BERNSTEIN

No. 79-967.

378 So.2d 1321 (1980)

Arnaldo Fernandez BATISTA and Rock & Fill Corporation, a Florida Corporation, Appellants, v. WALTER & BERNSTEIN, P.A., a Professional Association, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

January 15, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Frank Quesada, Coral Gables, for appellants.

Friedman, Britton, Cohen, Kaufman, Zinkow, Benson & Schantz and J.T. Haley, Miami, for appellee.

Before HENDRY, SCHWARTZ and NESBITT, JJ.


SCHWARTZ, Judge.

The defendants below appeal from a judgment entered against them after a jury verdict for the plaintiff-appellee, a law firm, in an action to recover on an express oral contract for the rendition of legal services. We affirm.

By far the most substantial point raised by the appellants claims error in the trial judge's refusal to instruct the jury that the plaintiff had the burden of establishing...

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