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Lawrence W. URBANEK, Appellant, v. Bennett S. COHN, Appellee.
    No. 87-1481.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
    Oct. 5, 1988.
    
      William H. Pruitt of Pruitt & Pruitt, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellant.
    Michael B. Davis of Davis, Critton, Hoy & Diamond, West Palm Beach, for appel-lee.
   PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED. See Diaz v. Piquette, 496 So.2d 239 (Fla. 3d DCA 1986), and Willage v. Law Offices of Wallace & Breslow, P.A., 415 So.2d 767 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982).

GLICKSTEIN and GUNTHER, JJ., concur.

ANSTEAD, J., concurs specially with opinion.

ANSTEAD, Judge,

concurring specially.

I agree with the majority that the trial court’s decision should be affirmed on the authority of Willage v. Law Offices of Wallace and Breslow, P.A., 415 So.2d 767 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982). That case stands for the proposition that expert testimony may be necessary in a legal malpractice action to establish an appropriate standard of care and the violation thereof by the defendant’s attorney. I agree that, under the facts of this case, Willage, controls. I would not rely on Diaz v. Piquette.