ROSE ZITREEN, AS ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF NORMAN ZITREEN, DECEASED, APPELLANT,

v.

THELMA ZITREEN, JACK WEISGLASS, AND THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF MIAMI, A CORPORATION, AS EXECUTORS OF THE ESTATE OF HARRY ZITREEN, DECEASED, APPELLEES

Citator

Cited By

• Turner v. State, 530 So. 2d 45 (Fla. 1987)
  …d the requested evidentiary inquiry by asserting Turner’s attorney-client privilege. The attorney-client privilege is not absolute and “may be outweighed by public interest in the administration of justice in certain circumstances.” Sepler v. State, 191 So. 2d 588, 590 (Fla. 3d DCA 1966). Section 90.502, Florida Statutes (1985), Lawyer-Client Privilege, provides in part: (4) There is no lawyer-client privilege under this section when: (c) A communication is relevant to an issue of breach of duty by the lawy…
• Pouncy v. State, 353 So. 2d 640 (Fla. 3d DCA 1977)
  …to this attorney-client privilege is where the trier of fact is so effectively deprived of valuable witness- . es so as to undermine the public interest in the administration of justice. United States ex rel. Edney v. Smith, supra; Sepler v. State, 191 So. 2d 588 (Fla. 3d DCA 1966). The State has stressed what it believes to be two factors which amount to such overriding public interest so as to pierce the attorney-client privilege, sub judice. Firstly, the State contends that appellant’s psychiatrists exam…
• Anderson v. State, 297 So. 2d 871 (Fla. 2d DCA 1974)
  …the client’s identity exposes him to possible investigation and sanction by government agencies.” Our sister court faced the question of whether the privilege may be invoked to conceal the identity of a client in Sepler v. State, Fla.App.3rd, 1966, 191 So. 2d 588. There, an attorney was subpoenaed to give the names of two other attorneys who had sought his counsel concerning a communication they had received from a client about an abortion thought to have been performed on a missing woman. By a two to one de…

Authorities Cited

• Rashard v. Cappiali, 171 So. 2d 581 (Fla. 3d DCA 1965)
• Warriner v. Ferraro, 177 So. 2d 723 (Fla. 3d DCA 1965)
• Dupree v. Better WAY, Inc., 86 So. 2d 425 (Fla. 1956)