Legal Opinion
Westerbeke Corporation v. Atherton
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided August 9, 2017No. Case 2D16-5179PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MORRIS, Judge.
Westerbeke Corporation seeks certiorari review of a nonfinal order denying Wester-beke’s motion to compel the unwinding, or disassembling, of a piece of a gas generator' that was involved in a boat explosion and that is a key piece of evidence in three personal injury and products liability lawsuits filed by the respondents. Because the trial court applied the incorrect law to Westerbeke’s motion'to compel, we grant the petition and quash the order.
I. Background
The boat explosion occurred in May 2009, while several respondents were on-board and operating the boat in Tampa Bay. 1…
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