NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. v. SALTER

No. 98-391.

717 So.2d 141 (1998)

NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. James D. SALTER, James D. Salter, P.A., et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

September 11, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael M. Bell of Bell, Leeper & Roper, Orlando, for Appellant.

Jack M. Ross of Jack M. Ross, P.A., Gainesville, and Lora A. Dunlap and John

Edwin Fisher, of Fisher, Rushmer, Werrenrath, Wack, & Dickson, P.A., Orlando, for Appellees.


W. SHARP, Judge.

National Union Fire Insurance Company appeals from an order which dismissed its legal malpractice action. The lawsuit was filed against the attorneys who had previously represented one of National Union's insureds. Because it paid the insured's claim, National Union argues that it was subrogated to the insured's right to recover from its attorneys. We disagree and affirm.

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