Legal Opinion
Anderson v. Vander Meiden
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided January 28, 2011No. 2D10-3475PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MORRIS, Judge.
A. Eric Anderson petitions for a writ of certiorari to quash the order denying his discovery request for settlement documents between nonparties to this appeal and Eleanor D. Vander Meiden, by her next friend, Nancy M. Duggan. Because the denial of the discovery request essentially eviscerates Anderson’s affirmative defense which he would be required to prove at a trial on damages, we grant the petition and quash the order below.
I. Facts
This case involves two trusts which Van-der Meiden established during her lifetime, Trust A and Trust B. In 2005, Van-der Meiden brought…
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