District Court of Appeal of Florida

An order granting motions to compel certain documents requested by respondents during discovery, over petitioners' assertion of the attorney-client privilege, is quashed where: 1) the trial court departed from the essential requirements of law by compelling disclosure of the disputed documents based on the "at issue" doctrine; and 2) the "selective disclosure" doctrine did not provide an alternative basis for the trial court's decision compelling disclosure of the disputed documents.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/20/2006
• Published 10/20/2006

Judges

• SILBERMAN, Judge.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert C. Widman of Morris & Widman, P.A., Venice, for Petitioners.


• For Appellees:
  
• Benjamin H. Hill, III, Dennis P. Waggoner, and Marie A. Borland of Hill, Ward & Henderson, P.A., Tampa, for Respondents Akerman, Senterfitt & Eidson, P.A. and Joseph Rugg., David M. Caldevilla and Ronald A. Christaldi of de la Parte & Gilbert, P.A., Tampa, for Respondent Temple Drummond., No appearance for Respondents IFL Capital Group, Inc. and Lex J. Byers.