GINSBERG v. CHASTAIN

No. 85-1489.

501 So.2d 27 (1986)

Daniel L. GINSBERG, Appellant, v. Fred A. CHASTAIN, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied February 4, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wicker, Smith, Blomqvist, Tutan, O'Hara, McCoy, Graham & Lane, Richard A. Sherman, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Horton, Perse & Ginsberg and Edward A. Perse, Miami, Bernard H. Butts, Hialeah, for appellee.

Before BARKDULL, HENDRY and HUBBART, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from a final judgment in a legal malpractice action awarding damages for attorney's fees and costs to plaintiff Chastain and taxing costs of the action against defendant Ginsberg. For reasons more fully developed below, we reverse and remand for further proceedings.

Briefly stated, the facts are as follows. This action arose out of an August 6, 1977 agreement signed by Fred Chastain and Daniel Ginsberg's client, Annmarie Ahlers...

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