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PIONEER NAT. TITLE INS. CO. v. ANDREWS

No. 80-5179.

652 F.2d 439 (1981)

PIONEER NATIONAL TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, Etc., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Angus G. ANDREWS, et al., Defendants-Appellants, American Home Assurance Company, Defendant-Appellant, Cross Appellee, Gulf Insurance Company, Defendant-Appellant, Cross Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit B.

August 3, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beggs & Lane, Robert P. Gaines, Pensacola, Fla., for Andrews and American Home.

Robert D. Bell, Charles A. Schuster, Pensacola, Fla., for Gulf Ins. Co.

Theodore C. Taub, Tampa, Fla., for Pioneer.

Before GEWIN, RONEY, and HATCHETT, Circuit Judges.

HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:

In this diversity case, we must determine when a cause of action arises within the meaning of section 95.11(4)(a) of the Florida Statutes so as to start the running of the limitations period which applies to a professional malpractice suit against an attorney. We agree with the conclusions of the district court (a) that the limitations period begins upon the discovery of a cause of action for professional malpractice, or at the time when such...

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