JOHN DENNIS ENLOW AND LISA ENLOW
v.
E.C. SCOTT WRIGHT, P.A. AND MOLETTEIRE INJURY LAW, P.A.

Fla. 5th DCA | 2023-05-19
No. 21-2273
Florida District Court of Appeal, Fifth District (2023)

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Holding

Once a judgment adverse to the client has reached the client, the statute of limitations for a legal malpractice cause of action begins to run.


Headnotes

[1] In a legal malpractice action, the statute of limitations begins to run when an adverse judgment is delivered to the client, triggering discovery of the malpractice cause…

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Key Quotes

“[O]nce a judgment adverse to the client has reached the client...and the cause of action is or should be 'discovered,' § 95.11(4)(a), Fla. Stat.”

Court citing Larson & Larson, P.A. v. TSE Indus., Inc. regarding when the statute of limitations begins to run in legal malpractice cases.

Facts & Procedural History

John Dennis Enlow and Lisa Enlow brought a legal malpractice action against E.C. Scott Wright, P.A. and Moletteire Injury Law, P.A. The trial court ru…

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Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED. See Larson & Larson, P.A. v. TSE Indus., Inc., 22 So. 3d 36, 42 (Fla. 2009) (“[O]nce a judgment adverse to the client has reached the

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client,’ Law Office of David J. Stern, P.A. [v. Sec. Nat’l Servicing Corp.], 969 So. 2d [962,] 966 [(Fla. 2007)]—and the cause of action is or should be ‘discovered,’ § 95.11(4)(a), Fla. Stat. (2002).”); Silvestrone v. Edell, 721 So. 2d 1173, 1176 (Fla. 1998). LAMBERT, C.J., WALLIS and EISNAUGLE, JJ., concur.


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