LOUIS BENITO ADVERTISING, INC. v. BROWN

No. 86-2932.

517 So.2d 775 (1988)

LOUIS BENITO ADVERTISING, INC., Appellant, v. Richard L. BROWN and Walter L. Copeland, Individually and As Partners Doing Business As Brown & Copeland, and Individually and As Partners Doing Business As Coopers & Lybrand, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

January 6, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee S. Damsker, of Maney, Damsker & Arledge, P.A., Tampa, for appellant.

Mike Piscitelli, of Stagg, Hardy & Yerrid, P.A., Tampa, for Louis Benito.

William C. Humphreys, Jr. and Todd S. Fairchild, of Alston & Bird, Atlanta, Ga., and Marvin E. Barkin, of Trenam, Simmons, Kemker, Scharf, Barkin, Frye & O'Neill, Tampa, for appellee Richard L. Brown and for Coopers & Lybrand.

Robert E. Morris, of Morris & Rosen, P.A., Tampa, for appellee Walter L. Copeland.


SCHEB, Judge.

Is it necessary for a plaintiff to name all partners as defendants in a suit against a partnership when only seeking a judgment enforceable against the assets of the partnership?

Plaintiff, Louis Benito Advertising, Inc., filed a professional malpractice action against Coopers & Lybrand, an accounting firm, and Richard L. Brown and over 200 other individuals alleged to be partners. After Brown was...

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