LIFT SYSTEMS, INC., PETITIONER,
v.
COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION, RESPONDENT

Fla. 3d DCA | 1994-05-10
No. 94-274
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and JORGENSON and LEVY, JJ.
636 So. 2d 569 Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (1994) Positive Treatment
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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

In response to the respondent’s motion to compel discovery, the trial court ordered the petitioner to disclose the identity and specialty of all expert witnesses retained by it in this litigation, and to designate which of these experts are expected to testify at trial. We have held that Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.280(b)(4)(B) does not require the disclosure of the names of expert witnesses retained, but not expected to testify at trial, absent a showing of exceptional circumstances. Ruiz ex rel. Ruiz v. Brea, 489 So. 2d 1136, 1137-38 (Fla. 3d DCA 1986) (opinion on rehearing); Accord Myron ex rel. Brock v. Doctors Gen., Ltd., 573 So. 2d 34, 35 (Fla. 4th DCA 1990). Accordingly, we quash that portion of the order which purports to require the petitioner to disclose the names of expert witnesses other than those the petitioner intends to call to testify at the time of trial.

Certiorari granted.


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