TARLETON v. ARNSTEIN & LEHR

No. 4D99-1217.

755 So.2d 758 (2000)

Virginia TARLETON, Appellant, v. ARNSTEIN & LEHR, a partnership, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

March 29, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis N. Brown and Dyanne E. Feinberg of Gilbride, Heller & Brown, P.A., Miami, and Joseph E. Altschul of Altschul & Landy, P.A., Weston, for appellant.

Peter A. Sachs of Jones, Foster, Johnston & Stubbs, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

We reverse an order denying Virginia Tarleton's claim to pre-judgment interest on the jury's award for damages in this legal malpractice action.

The damages awarded by the jury in this case represented pecuniary losses sustained by Tarleton as a result of her attorney's professional negligence. See de Manio v. Burns, 642 So.2d 807 (Fla. 2d DCA 1994). The verdict had the effect of clearly liquidating damages...

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