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FERGUSON v. ELLIS RUBIN LAW OFFICES, P.A.

No. 88-2642.

559 So.2d 80 (1990)

Winston Churchill FERGUSON, Appellant, v. ELLIS RUBIN LAW OFFICES, P.A., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied April 24, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kimbrell & Hamann, W. Sam Holland, Virginia S. Forbes, and Joseph T. Kissane, Miami, for appellant.

Rubin, Rubin & Fuqua, P.A., and A. Hinda Klein, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.

Before BASKIN, FERGUSON and JORGENSON, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Winston Churchill Ferguson appeals from a final judgment awarding Ellis Rubin Law Offices, P.A., $62,000 in an action on a written contract for legal services. For the following reasons, we reverse.

While in the Monroe County jail in Key West awaiting trial on nine felony counts, Ferguson, who was dissatisfied with his counsel of record, contacted Ellis Rubin to discuss retaining Rubin as his new attorney. Ellis Rubin visited Ferguson in jail and...

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