Bus. Telecomms. Servs., Inc. v. Madrigal

Business Telecommunications Services, Inc. ("BTI"), seeks a writ of certiorari quashing an order requiring the production of a surveillance video in advance of the deposition of the plaintiff in a personal injury case, Elena Madrigal. We deny the petition.

BTI's reliance on cases such as Dodson v. Persell, 390 So.2d 704 (Fla. 1980), is *677misplaced. In Dodson, the Supreme Court of Florida considered surveillance "movies and photographs," and held in part that "within the trial court's discretion, the surveilling party has the right to depose the party or witness filmed before being required to…