TARACIDO v. PEREZ-ABREU, ZAMORA, P.A.

No. 97-989.

705 So.2d 41 (1997)

Manuel E. TARACIDO, Medical Centers of America, Inc., a Florida Corporation, Medical Centers of America at South Florida, a Florida Corporation, and Medical Centers of America of Central Florida, a Florida Corporation, jointly and severally, Appellants, v. PEREZ-ABREU, ZAMORA & DE LA FE, P.A., a Florida Professional Association and Enrique Zamora, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied February 25, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman Malinski, Aventura, for appellants.

Adorno & Zeder, Miami, and Raoul G. Cantero, III, Coconut Grove, for appellees.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and GERSTEN and SHEVIN, JJ.


GERSTEN, Judge.

Appellants Medical Centers of America, Inc. ("MCA") and Manuel Taracido ("Taracido") appeal an adverse summary judgment. We reverse because the statute of limitations in prior transactional legal malpractice actions begins to run when related third party litigation is concluded.

Appellee law firm, Perez-Abreu, Zamora & De La Fe, P.A., and appellee attorney, Enrique Zamora (hereafter collectively referred to as "attorneys"), represented...

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