02-1845 SANCHEZ DE VARONA V. DE SOUZA

State: Florida

Court: Florida Third District Court

Docket No: 02-1845 SANCHEZ DE VARONA V. DE SOUZA

Case Date: 08/21/2002

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA THIRD DISTRICT JULY TERM, A.D. 2002

RAUL J. SANCHEZ DE VARONA, an individual, Petitioner,

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vs. ** CARLOS DE SOUZA, ** Respondent. ** Opinion filed August 21, 2002.

CASE NO. 3D02-1845 LOWER TRIBUNAL NO. 02-00542

A Writ of Certiorari to the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Eleanor Schockett, Judge. Hinshaw & Culbertson and Gina E. Caruso (Ft. Lauderdale), for petitioner. Gary W. Pollack, for respondent. Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., GERSTEN and SHEVIN, JJ. PER CURIAM. We grant the petition for writ of certiorari in part. As

the respondent's counsel commendably concedes, the trial court

erred in denying petitioner's motion to abate the legal malpractice claim. Perez-Abreu, Zamora & De La Fe, P.A. v. That portion of the order

Taracido, 790 So. 2d 1051 (Fla. 2001).

declining to abate count III of respondent's complaint is hereby quashed and shall be abated on remand. This same reasoning,

however, does not compel abatement of the fraudulent inducement claim asserted in count IV. IV. Certiorari granted in part; denied in part and remanded. The petition is denied as to count

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