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Puleo v. Jacobs

Florida Court of Appeals, Third District
Nov 30, 2022
374 So. 3d 86 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2022)

Opinion

No. 3D22-516

11-30-2022

Marc PULEO, Appellant, v. Eric A. JACOBS, et al., Appellees.

Katzman Wasserman Bennardini & Rubinstein, P.A., and Steven M. Katzman, Charles J. Bennardini and Helaina Bardunias (Boca Raton), for appellant. Keller Landsberg, P.A., and Maria P. Gonzalez and Raymond L. Robin (Fort Lauderdale), for appellees.


An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Alan Fine, Judge. Lower Tribunal No. 21-14071

Katzman Wasserman Bennardini & Rubinstein, P.A., and Steven M. Katzman, Charles J. Bennardini and Helaina Bardunias (Boca Raton), for appellant.

Keller Landsberg, P.A., and Maria P. Gonzalez and Raymond L. Robin (Fort Lauderdale), for appellees.

Before SCALES, LINDSEY and BOKOR, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See Vorbeck v. Betancourt, 107 So. 3d 1142, 1148 (Fla. 3d DCA 2012) ("[T]he failure to raise an issue regarding an improper dismissal with prejudice at the trial level constitutes a waiver of this issue on appeal."); K.R. Exch. Servs., Inc. v. Fuerst, Humphrey, Ittleman , PL, 48 So. 3d 889, 895 (Fla. 3d DCA 2010) (concluding that general allegations that the client’s attorneys "had a duty to perform the legal services with the diligence and level of care expected of similarly-situated attorneys in South Florida" failed to "sufficiently allege ultimate facts relating to … which duties were breached"); Bankers Tr. Realty, Inc. v. Kluger, 672 So. 2d 897, 898 (Fla. 3d DCA 1996) (recognizing that a claim for legal malpractice must allege ultimate facts "that support a causal connection between the acts the attorneys committed and the alleged damages suffered by the [client]").


Summaries of

Puleo v. Jacobs

Florida Court of Appeals, Third District
Nov 30, 2022
374 So. 3d 86 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2022)
Case details for

Puleo v. Jacobs

Case Details

Full title:Marc Puleo, Appellant, v. Eric A. Jacobs, et al., Appellees.

Court:Florida Court of Appeals, Third District

Date published: Nov 30, 2022

Citations

374 So. 3d 86 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2022)