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Attorney Malpractice in Florida: Did You Make the Statute of Limitations?

Uncategorized Dec 11, 2018

Are you involved in a dispute with a law firm where the law firm may be the potential defendant of an estate planning malpractice lawsuit? Do you wish to file a claim for malpractice in Florida against a probate lawyer? Don’t blow the statute of limitations! In Florida, we have a very short statute of limitations for filing a legal malpractice action, also sometimes called a professional negligence claim. There is a two year statute of limitations to sue your Florida lawyer for malpractice. Florida Statute Section 95.11 (4)(a). The statute of limitations for legal malpractice begins to start, or run, when the last element of the cause of action accrues or begins.  In many cases, the last element to occur for suing a lawyer is the existence of damages, or harm. In a very recent appellate case in Florida, the sides kept talking in an attempt to settle a legal malpractice case. When settlement didn’t occur, an official malpractice claim was filed, but it was too late!  ! To read the entire case, click here.