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

• Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida
• Decided: May 19, 2023
• Docket: 21-2273
• Status: Published

Opinion

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FIFTH DISTRICT

NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED

JOHN DENNIS ENLOW AND LISA ENLOW,

Appellants,

v. Case No. 5D21-2273 LT Case No. 05-2017-CA-014236-X

E.C. SCOTT WRIGHT, P.A. AND MOLETTEIRE INJURY LAW, P.A.,

Appellees. ________________________________/

Opinion filed May 19, 2023

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Brevard County, Curt Jacobus, Judge.

Michael M. Brownlee, of Brownlee Law Firm, P.A., Orlando, for Appellants.

Elaine D. Walter and Yvette R. Lavelle, of Boyd Richards Parker & Colonnelli, P.L., Miami, for Appellee, E.C. Scott Wright, P.A.

James H. Wyman, of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, Coral Gables, for Appellee, Moletteire Injury Law, P.A.

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

point of finality, ‘the last element constituting the [malpractice] cause of action occurs,’ § 95.031(1), Fla. Stat. (2002)—that is, the element of ‘loss to the

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.