Boozer v. Stalley

Petitioners, Emily Lynn Boozer, and her attorney, Virgil Wright, III, seek certiorari review to quash the trial court’s order allowing Douglas Stalley, guardian of the property of Benjamin Hintz, to depose and obtain documents from Boozer’s attorney, Wright. We consider this case en banc, sua sponte, to recede from Dunn v. National Security Fire & Casualty Co., 631 So.2d 1103 (Fla. 5th DCA 1993), insofar as it addresses the discovery of attorney-client protected communications in bad faith insurance actions. We grant the petition and quash the order to the extent that it ordered Wright to…