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DEVCO PREMIUM FINANCE CO. v. NORTH RIVER INS. CO.

No. AV-46.

450 So.2d 1216 (1984)

DEVCO PREMIUM FINANCE COMPANY, a Corporation, Appellant/Cross Appellee, v. NORTH RIVER INSURANCE COMPANY, a Foreign Corporation; Paul G. Miller, Jr., Robert E. Holley, and Miller & Holley Chartered, a Professional Corporation, Appellee/Cross Appellant.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

May 18, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Noah H. Jenerette, Jr., James H. McCarty, Jr., Karen K. Cole of Boyd, Jenerette, Staas, Joos, Williams & Felton, P.A., Jacksonville, for appellant/cross appellee.

G. Kenneth Norrie and E. Allen Hieb, Jr. of Rogers, Towers, Bailey, Jones & Gay, Jacksonville, Robert M. Greco of Karon, Morrison & Savikas, Ltd., Chicago, Ill. and Rudolph J. Inman, Jr. of Inman & Landau, Jacksonville, for appellee/cross appellant.

MILLS, Judge.

We are asked in this appeal to determine whether an accounting firm is entitled to assert the defense of comparative negligence in a malpractice action instituted against the firm by a client. We agree with the trial court that the firm is entitled to assert such a defense.

Devco Premium Finance Company (Devco) served clients who desired to purchase insurance policies but who could not afford to pay the initial lump-sum premiums on those policies...

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