BURGESS v. LIPPMAN

No. 4D05-4177.

929 So.2d 1097 (2006)

Scott C. BURGESS and Aviation Legal Group, P.A., Petitioners, v. David M. LIPPMAN, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

May 3, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James O. Murphy, Jr. of Byrd and Murphy, Fort Lauderdale, for petitioners.

William R. Amlong and Jennifer Daley of Amlong & Amlong, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for respondent.


STONE, J.

We grant this petition for writ of certiorari and quash a trial court order which denied a motion to abate this action for legal malpractice.

Respondent, David Lippman, is the plaintiff in a lawsuit against his attorney, Scott Burgess, and his law firm (Burgess). The complaint alleges that counsel owed him a duty to advise of his relationship with a third party (Asper), who was retained as a consultant in an underlying transaction arising out of...

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