Florida Statutes of Limitation: Bars to Legal Claims
A statute of limitation is a law that provides for a time period that, once past, forever bars you from pursuing a particular legal claim. Breach of contract, for example, carries a five-year statute of limitations in Florida. The statute for negligence actions lasts for four years, and the period is two years for professional liability cases targeting lawyers, physicians and accountants.
At the legal malpractice law firm of St. Denis & Davey, we never let a statute of limitation slip by us. This is good news for you, if you've been victimized by the negligence or incompetence of a lawyer who wasted time suing the wrong defendant in your case, or filed an incorrect claim, or conducted improper investigation or discovery, we are here for you.
You can trust our experience and aggressiveness in achieving justice for you. At our Florida law firm, we hold other lawyers accountable.
We serve clients in North Florida including Jacksonville, Orlando, Tampa, St. Petersburg, Tallahassee, Panama City and Pensacola, and in South Florida in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach, Boca Raton, Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Fort Myers, and Naples. An email to our Jacksonville or West Palm Beach law offices is all it takes. Your attorney should not have let time run out. We will try to right that wrong.
Holding Lawyers Accountable
Lawyer mistakes relating to statutes of limitations are frequently grounds for legal malpractice claims. Did your lawyer identify the wrong defendant or improperly calculate the statute of limitations regarding your claim? Did he or she fail to conduct adequate discovery or investigation into the matter, never realizing the importance of bringing a particular defendant into your lawsuit?
A statute of limitation can get away from a negligent attorney for several other reasons. Let's say that a defendant was properly named, but your law firm failed to properly serve the complaint on the defendant before the statutory time limit ends. An attorney's failure to complete a proper investigation in a timely fashion could lead to the omission of a defendant who should be named in your case.
At St. Denis & Davey, we find many of these attorney errors could have been avoided. When mistakes like those cost you money or injure your reputation, be in touch with St. Denis & Davey.
In North Florida or South Florida
Our statewide legal malpractice law firm can file a legal malpractice lawsuit against your former attorney.
