JOHN DENNIS ENLOW AND LISA ENLOW v. SCOTT WRIGHT AND MOLETTEIRE INJURY LAW (2023)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

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

Case No. 5D21-2273

Decided: May 19, 2023

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.

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).

PER CURIAM.

LAMBERT, C.J., WALLIS and EISNAUGLE, JJ., concur.

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