BROOKE v. SHUMAKER, LOOP & KENDRICK, LLP

No. 2D01-5753.

828 So.2d 1078 (2002)

Mark BROOKE, Appellant, v. SHUMAKER, LOOP & KENDRICK, LLP, and William E. Curphey, individually, and as agent of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

October 25, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter J. Brudny of the Law Offices of Peter J. Brudny, Tampa, and J. Benton Stewart, II, of Stewart Law Group, Tampa (withdrew after briefing); Tricia B. Valles and Roland J. Lamb of Hahn, Morgan & Lamb, P.A., Tampa (substituted as counsel of record), for Appellant.

Richard M. Zabak of Gray, Harris & Robinson, P.A., Tampa, for Appellees.


SCHEB, JOHN M., Senior Judge.

Appellant Mark Brooke filed a complaint alleging a cause of action for legal malpractice against appellees Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP (the firm) and attorney William E. Curphey (Curphey). The trial court dismissed Brooke's complaint with prejudice on the ground that it showed on its face that the cause of action was barred by the applicable two-year statute of limitations. See § 95.11(4)(a), Fla. Stat. (2000). We reverse...

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