District Court of Appeal of Florida

Petition that the insurer's claim file is attorney-client privilege and cannot be produced is granted and the question is certified to the Florida Supreme Court as one of great public importance: Does the holding in Ruiz that the work product privilege did not protect from discovery the insurer's file in a statutory first-party bad faith claim also apply to attorney-client privileged communications?

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/04/2006
• Published 10/04/2006

Judges

• KLEIN, J.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Gregory M. Keyser and Donna M. Krusbe of Billing, Cochran, Heath, Lyles, Mauro & Anderson, P.A., West Palm Beach, for petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael B. Davis of Paxton & Smith, P.A., West Palm Beach, for respondent.