EAGLE AMERICAN INS. CO. v. NICHOLS

No. 4D01-172.

814 So.2d 1083 (2002)

EAGLE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Harry NICHOLS and Cenus Nichols, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied May 16, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric G. Belsky of Johnson, Leiter & Belsky, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Lance J. Block of Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, P.A., and Philip M. Burlington of Caruso, Burlington, Bohn & Compiani, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellees.


WARNER, J.

This appeal arises from a dispute regarding the policy limits of a legal malpractice insurance policy. Based upon its interpretation of the policy, the trial court found there were several acts of malpractice during the legal representation of appellees. Thus, appellees were entitled to the aggregate policy limits. While there were several wrongful acts, we hold that they were related and constituted but one claim of legal malpractice under the policy language...

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