MANZINI & ASSOCIATES, P.A. v. BSO

No. 4D07-1055.

976 So.2d 688 (2008)

MANZINI & ASSOCIATES, P.A., Appellant, v. BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE and Sonya Wimberly, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

March 19, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicolas A. Manzini of Manzini & Associates, P.A., Miami, for appellant.

Carmen Rodriguez of Law Offices of Carmen Rodriguez, P.A., Miami, for Appellee-Broward Sheriff's Office.


ON MOTION FOR REHEARING AND WRITTEN OPINION

STONE, J.

We deny Manzini's motion for rehearing, but withdraw our opinion of December 19, 2007, and substitute the following:

We affirm the final judgment dismissing Manzini's attorney's fee claims against his former client. An attorney who is employed under a contingency fee contract and discharged prior to the occurrence of the contingency is limited to a quantum meruit recovery. Here, the plaintiff...

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