SHEAR v. HORNSBY AND WHISENAND, P.A.

No. 91-2363.

603 So.2d 129 (1992)

Gary O. SHEAR, Appellant, v. HORNSBY AND WHISENAND, P.A., et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

August 11, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thornton, David, Murray, Richard & Davis, P.A. and Barry L. Davis, Miami, for appellant.

Stephens, Lynn, Klein & McNicholas, P.A., Gary Khutorsky and Philip D. Parrish, Miami, for appellees.

Before NESBITT, JORGENSON and GODERICH, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Gary Shear appeals from a final summary judgment in an action for legal malpractice. For the following reasons, we reverse.

Shear, a general contractor, hired Hornsby & Whisenand to represent him in a contract dispute with a former client.1 The law firm filed suit for Shear, seeking to foreclose a mechanic's lien, and, in the alternative, seeking an equitable lien and damages under a quantum meruit theory. The trial...

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