PARKER v. GRAHAM & JAMES

No. 98-697.

715 So.2d 1047 (1998)

William PARKER and Taino Farms, Ltd., Appellants, v. GRAHAM & JAMES, n/k/a Graham & James, L.L.P., Conception, Sexton & Stiphany, n/k/a Conception, Sexton & Urdaneta, Francis X. Sexton, Jr. and Francis X. Sexton, Jr., P.A.., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied September 2, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stewart Tilghman Fox & Bianchi and Jim Tilghman; Tilghman & Vieth, Miami, for appellants.

Burd Downs & Magathan and Joseph Downs; Silverio & Hall, Miami; Holland & Knight and J. Michael Cavanaugh, Dania, for appellees.

Before GODERICH, SHEVIN and SORONDO, JJ.


SHEVIN, Judge.

William Parker and Taino Farms, Ltd. ["plaintiffs"], appeal the dismissal of their second amended complaint in their legal malpractice suit against Graham & James, their former attorneys. We reverse.

Plaintiffs hired Graham & James to represent them on a contingency basis in a federal lawsuit for recovery of damages caused by crop loss. See Overseas Private Inv. Corp. v. Metropolitan Dade County, 47 F.3d 1111<...

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