malpractice action was filed. Following Wilson v. Clark, this court stated in Chapman v. Garcia, 463 So.2d 528, 529 (Fla. 3d DCA 1985): “Moreover, the trial court’s determination that the claim against the Fund is time-barred has been appealed, and until this court issues its decision — or until the Florida Supreme Court resolves the issue if further review is sought — the question has not been resolved to finality. See Wilson v. Clark, 414 So.2d 526 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982)(on timely appeal by the defendant from an adverse judgment the action continues to have life).” [emphasis supplied] In Silvestrone, the Florida Supreme Court cited Chapman, with approval: “[R]edressable harm is not established until final judgment is rendered, see Chapman v. Garcia, 463 So.2d 528, 529 (Fla. 3d DCA 1985)(<HOLDING>).” [ ] 721 So.2d at 1175. Thus under Chapman
holding that attorneys fees and costs expended as a result of an attorneys alleged malpractice constitute legallycognizable damages for purposes of stating a claim for such malpractice holding that plaintiffs could not sue attorneys for legal malpractice so long as underlying medical malpractice action out of which legal malpractice claim arose was still pending on appeal holding professional malpractice claim not contractual holding that a claim of legal malpractice under alabama law did not present a federal question holding that legal malpractice claims are not assignable