Spm Resorts, Inc. v. Diamond Resorts Management, Inc.

SPM Resorts, Inc. (SPM) seeks certiora-ri review of a circuit court decision ordering it to pay $20,000, and potentially more in the future, to conduct computer searches of its own computers to comply with Diamond Resorts Management, Inc.’s (DRM) discovery request. SPM, the defendant in the underlying case, contends that the court’s order requiring it to comply with the discovery request of DRM, the plaintiff below, is unreasonably and unduly burdensome and is a departure from the essential requirements of law. We agree and grant the petition.

Both SPM and DRM are in the business of managing…