VILLALOBOS v. MARTINEZ (2019)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Brandy VILLALOBOS, Petitioner, v. Mariangeles MARTINEZ, Respondent.

No. 3D19-155

Decided: October 02, 2019

Before LINDSEY, HENDON, and GORDO, JJ.

Boyd & Jenerette, P.A., and Kansas R. Gooden and Geneva R. Fountain (Jacksonville), for petitioner. Florida Advocates, and Carlos D. Cabrera (Dania Beach), for respondent.

We deny the petition for writ of certiorari. See Worley v. Cent. Fla. Young Men's Christian Ass'n, 228 So. 3d 18 (Fla. 2017); Angeles-Delgado v. Benitez, No. 3D19-1022, 300 So.3d 263 (Fla. 3d DCA 2019); but see Younkin v. Blackwelder, 332 So.3d 1032 (Fla. 5th DCA 2019) (noting the “seemingly disparate treatment in personal injury litigation between plaintiffs and defendants regarding disclosure of” relationship with an expert witness; certifying as question of great public importance whether Worley applies to preclude a defense law firm that is not a party from disclosing financial relationship with experts retained for purposes of litigation), review granted, No. SC19-385, 2019 WL 2180625 (Fla. May 21, 2019); see also Salber v. Frye, 273 So. 3d 192 (Fla. 5th DCA 2019) (same); Dodgen v. Grijalva, 281 So.3d 490 (Fla. 4th DCA 2019) (certifying whether Worley applies to preclude an insurance company that is not a party from disclosing financial relationship with experts as a question of great public importance); Dhanraj v. Garcia, 44 Fla. L. Weekly D785, ––– So.3d ––––, 2019 WL 1302540 (Fla. 5th DCA 2019) (same).

Denied.

HENDON, J.

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