AMERICAN CASUALTY COMPANY OF READING PA., APPELLANT,

v.

BRIM'S FOOD, INC., APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By (13 total)

• Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. v. Varsenig Nakutis, 435 So. 2d 307 (Fla. 5th DCA 1983)
  …DAUKSCH, Judge. This is before us on a petition for Writ of Certiorari to the circuit court invoking our jurisdiction to quash a discovery order. Malt v. Simmons, 405 So. 2d 1018 (Fla. 4th DCA 1981); Powell v. Wingard, 402 So. 2d 532 (Fla. 5th DCA 1981). We grant the writ and quash the order. This is a slip and fall case and the plaintiff (respondent here) sought discovery of all internally produced accident reports relating to the particular grocery store where plaintiff claim…
• Malone v. Costin, 410 So. 2d 569 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982)
  …on here, albeit “petitioner,” Ms. Malone, is faced with a Hobson’s choice: pay and participate or decline and, if her action is dismissed under rule 1.420(b), Florida Rules of Civil Procedure, appeal after entry of final judgment. Powell v. Wingard, 402 So. 2d 532 (Fla. 5th DCA 1981). The mere fact that compliance with the court’s order will be costly is not, in and of itself, a ground for valid objection. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. Cooey, 359 So. 2d 1200 (Fla. 1st DCA 1978); Ford Motor Co. v. Edwards, 363…
• Gadsden Cnty. Times, Inc. v. Mallory E. Horne, 426 So. 2d 1234 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983)
  …appeal shall lure it back to cancel half a line.” Boucher v. Pure Oil Co., 101 So. 2d 408, 410 (Fla. 1st DCA 1957). Review by certiorari is “most appropriate when used to review orders allegedly improperly compelling discovery.” Powell v. Wingard, 402 So. 2d 532, 534 (Fla. 5th DCA 1981) (e.s.). See also, Haddad, The Common Law Writ of Certiorari in Florida, 29 U.Fla.L.Rev. 207 (1977). In this case petitioners contend that the lower court’s order fails to conform to the essential requirements of law and will…

Authorities Cited

• Albert v. Applegate et ux., 377 So. 2d 1150 (Fla. 1979)