TORRES v. NELSON

No. 83-1295.

448 So.2d 1058 (1984)

Teodoro J. TORRES and Victor Torres, Appellants, v. Leroy W. NELSON and Louis J. Weinstein, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied May 9, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe N. Unger, T. Patrick Ford, Jr., Miami, Yvette G. Murphy, Coral Gables, for appellants.

Kimbrell, Hamann, Jennings, Womack, Carlson & Kniskern and A.H. Toothman and John Wylie, Miami, for appellees.

Before BARKDULL, HUBBART and NESBITT, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from a final summary judgment for the defendant attorneys in a legal malpractice action brought by their former clients, the plaintiffs herein. For the reasons which follow, we reverse.

The defendant attorneys previously represented the plaintiffs and their insurer [Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company] as defendants in a personal injury action brought by William Thomas which resulted in an $810,000 adverse jury verdict and judgment...

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